CVE-2014-9761

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2014-9761  

A stack overflow vulnerability was found in nan* functions that could cause applications, which process long strings with the nan function, to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.

A stack overflow vulnerability was found in nan* functions that could cause applications, which process long strings with the nan function, to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.

Find out more about CVE-2014-9761 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 9.8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (glibc) RHSA-2017:1916 2017-08-01
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (glibc) RHSA-2017:0680 2017-03-21

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 compat-glibc Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 compat-glibc Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 compat-glibc Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 glibc Will not fix

Mitigation

Do not use any applications which call the affected nan* functions. These functions are used only very rarely.