FKIE_CVE-2014-9761
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-19 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:18
Severity
Summary
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) nan, (2) nanf, or (3) nanl function.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11.0 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11.0 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11.0 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.2 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 11.0 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 11.0 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 12 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_desktop | 12 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11.0 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11.0 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11.0 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 11.0 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_server | 12 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 11.0 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 11.0 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 12 | |
| suse | linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 12 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 12 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 23 | |
| gnu | glibc | * | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 15.10 |
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