CVE-2014-3564: canonical ubuntu_linux

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3564 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 20-10-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the status_handler function in (1) engine-gpgsm.c and (2) engine-uiserver.c in GPGME before 1.5.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to "different line lengths in a specific order."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.