CVE-2014-4043
N/A
Published: October 6, 2014 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsopenSUSEGlibc
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free vulnerabilities.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (16)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00012.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:152x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109263Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-94
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