CVE-2014-6567

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-01-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Core RDBMS component in Oracle Database Server 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1, and 12.1.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2015 CPU. Oracle has not commented on the researcher's claim that this is a stack-based buffer overflow in DBMS_AW.EXECUTE, which allows code execution via a long Current Directory Alias (CDA) command.

Affected products

Oracle Database: 11.1.0.7, 11.2.0.3, 11.2.0.4, 12.1.0.1, 12.1.0.2

References

http://www.databaseforensics.com/Oracle_Jan2015_CPU.pdf
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72134
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031572
http://www.databaseforensics.com/Oracle_Jan2015_CPU.pdf
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72134
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031572

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