CVE-2014-9984: gnu glibc

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-9984 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in gnu glibc. EPSS estimates a 4.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-06-2017
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

nscd in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before version 2.20 does not correctly compute the size of an internal buffer when processing netgroup requests, possibly leading to an nscd daemon crash or code execution as the user running nscd.

• 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.