1.9

CVE-2014-3956: fedoraproject fedora

CVSS: 1.9v2.0LowModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0270UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3956DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3956
Published 04-06-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3956 is a low (CVSS 1.9) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
8/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
1.9/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.64%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 04-06-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The sm_close_on_exec function in conf.c in sendmail before 8.14.9 has arguments in the wrong order, and consequently skips setting expected FD_CLOEXEC flags, which allows local users to access unintended high-numbered file descriptors via a custom mail-delivery program.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.64%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.64% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.64%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mageia2 products
  • sendmail< 8.14.6-2.1.mga3
  • sendmail< 8.14.7-3.1.mga4
Debian1 product
  • sendmail< 8.14.4-6
Fedoraproject1 product
Freebsd1 product
Hp1 product
Sendmail1 product
  • sendmail≤ 8.14.8 | 8.6.7 | 8.7.6 | 8.7.7 | 8.7.8 | 8.7.9 | 8.7.10 | 8.8.8 | 8.9.0 | 8.9.1 | 8.9.2 | 8.9.3 | 8.10 | 8.10.0 | 8.10.1 | 8.10.2 | 8.11.0 | 8.11.1 | 8.11.2 | 8.11.3 | 8.11.4 | 8.11.5 | 8.11.6 | 8.11.7 | 8.12.0 | 8.12.1 | 8.12.2 | 8.12.3 | 8.12.4 | 8.12.5 | 8.12.6 | 8.12.7 | 8.12.8 | 8.12.9 | 8.12.10 | 8.12.11 | 8.13.0 | 8.13.1 | 8.13.2 | 8.13.3 | 8.13.4 | 8.13.5 | 8.13.6 | 8.13.7 | 8.13.8 | 8.14.0 | 8.14.1 | 8.14.2 | 8.14.3 | 8.14.4 | 8.14.5 | 8.14.6 | 8.14.7
Ubuntu1 product
  • sendmail< 8.14.4-4.1ubuntu1.1

7 vendors · 8 products

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