CVE-2014-9984
CRITICALglibc < 2.19 - Buffer Overflow in nscd Netgroup Request Handling
Title source: llmDescription
nscd in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before version 2.20 does not correctly compute the size of an internal buffer when processing netgroup requests, possibly leading to an nscd daemon crash or code execution as the user running nscd.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16695
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99071
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c44496df2f090a56d3bf75df930592dac6bba46f
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0050
EPSS Percentile
66.2%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/glibc
< 2.19
Published
Jun 12, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026