Critical severity · published Apr 19, 2016
CVE-2014-9761
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…
9.8
CVSS
5.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.5% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
23 · source: NVD
GL
Glibc · Gnu
through 2.22 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Debuginfo · Suse
11.0; 11.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Desktop · Suse
11.0; 11.0; 12; 12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
11.0; 11.0; 11.0; 11.0; 12 · source: NVD
LE
Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit · Suse
11.0; 11.0; 12; 12 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.2 · source: NVD
SL
Suse Linux Enterprise Server · Suse
12 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 15.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9761
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9761
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184626.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00037.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00038.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00039.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00042.html
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