CVE-2014-4043

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 06 Oct 2014, 23:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 11:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
3.92% LOW
4% probability +2.28%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

06 Oct 2014, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 11:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free vulnerabilities.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.92%• Percentile: 89%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-94•Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

    The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

Affected Systems

  • gnu•glibc

    ≤ 2.19

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.1

References (16)