CVE-2014-9984

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9984
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-12 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
Descriptionnscd 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

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
sourceware.org Git - glibc.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.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
16695 – (CVE-2014-9984) nscd aborts with "*** glibc detected *** /usr/sbin/nscd: realloc(): invalid next size" (CVE-2014-9984) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceware.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bugtraq: SEC Consult SA-20190904-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco router series RV34X, RV26X and RV16X af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Bugtraq: SEC Consult SA-20190612-0 :: Multiple vulnerabilities in WAGO 852 Industrial Managed Switch Series af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.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/commit MITRE sourceware.org
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