CVE-2014-9761

glibc: Unbounded stack allocation in nan* functions

Published Apr 19, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 5.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-411-1 eglibc security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-411-2 eglibc regression update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-416-1 eglibc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9567 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2985-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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