CVE-2014-5255
HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: November 21, 2019 at 10:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxXcfa
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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
xcfa before 5.0.1 creates temporary files insecurely which could allow local users to launch a symlink attack and overwrite arbitrary files. Note: A different vulnerability than CVE-2014-5254.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 5.0.14.3.8-1
Affected range stops below 5.0.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (6)
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/4x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69020x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=756600x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2014-5255x_refsource_MISCThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95332x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5255CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-362
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