CVE-2014-4043

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4043
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-06 23:55:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: SEC Consult SA-20190904-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco router series RV34X, RV26X and RV16X af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1387-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Cisco Device Hardcoded Credentials / GNU glibc / BusyBox ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
Full Disclosure: SEC Consult SA-20190612-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Series af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Bug 17048 – posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen fails to copy the path argument (CVE-2014-4043) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
GNU glibc 'xc_cpupool_getinfo()' Function Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 1109263 – CVE-2014-4043 glibc: posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen fails to copy the path argument af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/blobdiff - posix/spawn_faction_addopen.c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
Bugtraq: SEC Consult SA-20190904-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco router series RV34X, RV26X and RV16X af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Bugtraq: SEC Consult SA-20190612-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Series af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:152 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/blobdiff - ChangeLog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org
WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Series Code Execution / Hardcoded Credentials ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/blobdiff - ChangeLog MITRE sourceware.org
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/blobdiff - posix/spawn_faction_addopen.c MITRE sourceware.org
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit MITRE sourceware.org
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