CVE-2014-9984

Published: Jun 12, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

9.8

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Glibc

Gnu

1 product

Glibc

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Glibc	Up to 2.19

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The 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.

References (18)

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99071

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16695

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c44496df2f090a56d3bf75df930592dac6bba46f

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html