CVE-2014-2980

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-04-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Tools/gdomap.c in gdomap in GNUstep Base 1.24.6 and earlier, when run in daemon mode, does not properly handle the file descriptor for the logger, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort) via an invalid request.

Affected products

Gnustep Base: through 1.24.6

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/143
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/152
http://secunia.com/advisories/58104
http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/gnustep/libs/base/trunk/ChangeLog?r1=37756&r2=37755&pathrev=37756
http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/gnustep/libs/base/trunk/Tools/gdomap.c?r1=37756&r2=37755&pathrev=37756
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66992
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92688
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?41751
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/143
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/152
http://secunia.com/advisories/58104
http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/gnustep/libs/base/trunk/ChangeLog?r1=37756&r2=37755&pathrev=37756

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