CVE-2014-0475: gnu glibc

Modified

AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-0475DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0475DSA-2976-1

Published 29-07-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-0475 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 2.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

6.8/10

010

Medium · v2.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

2.80%

0%100%

Low · +0.11 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 2

DLA-43-1 MGASA-2014-0314 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10154-1 RHSA-2014:1110 USN-2306-1

Timeline

29-07-2014
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
06-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.20 allow context-dependent attackers to bypass ForceCommand restrictions and possibly have other unspecified impact via a .. (dot dot) in a (1) LC_*, (2) LANG, or other locale environment variable.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

v2.06.8

EPSS trend

Probability

2.80%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.11 pp

From 2.69% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted DirectoryThe product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian2 products

eglibc< 2.13-38+deb7u3
glibc< 2.19-6

Gnu1 product

glibc≤ 2.19 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.1 | 2.11 | 2.1.1.6 | 2.12 | 2.13 | 2.19 | 2.10.1 | 2.11.1 | 2.11.2 | 2.11.3 | 2.12.1 | 2.12.2 | 2.14 | 2.14.1 | 2.15 | 2.16 | 2.17 | 2.18

Ubuntu1 product

eglibc< 2.19-0ubuntu6.1

3 vendors · 4 products

References

14 links

www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2976Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
www.securityfocus.com/bid/68505VDB EntryX Refsource BID
www.securitytracker.com/id/1030569VDB EntryX Refsource SECTRACK
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/14/6Mailing ListX Refsource MLIST
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17137X Refsource CONFIRM
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/7Mailing ListX Refsource MLIST
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:152Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource MANDRIVA
linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0092.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM

Show all 14 references

ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0475REPORT
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2306-1Advisory
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0475REPORT
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0475Advisory