ubuntu-cve-2014-9761
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-04-19 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) nan, (2) nanf, or (3) nanl function.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "eglibc-source",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc-bin",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc-dev-bin",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc6",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc6-amd64",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc6-armel",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc6-dev-amd64",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc6-dev-armel",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc6-dev-i386",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc6-dev-x32",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc6-i386",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc6-pic",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc6-prof",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "libc6-x32",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "multiarch-support",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
},
{
"binary_name": "nscd",
"binary_version": "2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
}
]
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
"name": "eglibc",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/eglibc@2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"2.17-93ubuntu4",
"2.18-0ubuntu1",
"2.18-0ubuntu2",
"2.18-0ubuntu4",
"2.18-0ubuntu5",
"2.18-0ubuntu6",
"2.18-0ubuntu7",
"2.19-0ubuntu2",
"2.19-0ubuntu3",
"2.19-0ubuntu4",
"2.19-0ubuntu5",
"2.19-0ubuntu6",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.1",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.3",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.4",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.5",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.6",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.7",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.8",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.9",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.10",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.11",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.13",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.14",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.15",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm2",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm3",
"2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm4"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) nan, (2) nanf, or (3) nanl function.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9761",
"modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:45Z",
"published": "2016-04-19T00:00:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9761"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/1"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2985-1"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2985-2"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9761"
}
],
"related": [
"USN-2985-1",
"USN-2985-2"
],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "low",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
],
"upstream": [
"CVE-2014-9761"
]
}
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