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CVE-2014-9761

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Date: April 19, 2016

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

9.8

Related Resources (26)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9761

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

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

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

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9761

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

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

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9761

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

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

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

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-9761

Severity Score

9.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2014-9761

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Date: April 19, 2016

Language: C

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Related Resources (26)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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