CVE-2014-5255

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 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: yes
Published: 2019-11-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

xcfa before 5.0.1 creates temporary files insecurely which could allow local users to launch a symlink attack and overwrite arbitrary files. Note: A different vulnerability than CVE-2014-5254.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
xcfa: before 5.0.1 — fixed in 5.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: xcfa 5.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69020
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756600
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-5255
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95332
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5255
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69020
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756600
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-5255
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95332
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5255

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