CVE-2014-9761 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (glibc) affecting various Linux distributions like Canonical, Fedora, and openSUSE. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by providing a long argument to the nan, nanf, or nanl functions. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11.0:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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