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CVE-2014-4043

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-10-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Affected products

• GNU C Library (glibc): through 2.19
• Opensuse: 13.1

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00012.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:152
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68006
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109263
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93784
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
• https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04

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