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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2014-9761

CVE-2014-9761

CRITICAL9.8

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2

Published Apr 19, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) nan, (2) nanf, or (3) nanl function.

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0680.html

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/11

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83306

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-11

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16962

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9761

https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2016-02/msg00502.html

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

9.8

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

HighI:H

Availability

HighA:H

9.8/CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedApr 19, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024

CVE-2014-9761 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence