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CVE-2014-5118

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Trusted Boot (tboot) before 1.8.2 has a 'loader.c' Security Bypass Vulnerability

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 19, 20
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 6.0, 7.0
• Trusted Boot Project Trusted Boot: before 1.8.2 — fixed in 1.8.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Trusted Boot Project Trusted Boot 1.8.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136768.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136778.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/30/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68960
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95063
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136768.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136778.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/30/4
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68960
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95063

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