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.
Published: 2014-10-06
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-165-1 eglibc security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3169-1 eglibc security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-3974 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2306-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
References
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00012.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 cve-icon cve-icon
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:152 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68006 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109263 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93784 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4043 cve-icon
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 cve-icon cve-icon
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04 cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17048 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bh=3020b9ac232315df362521aeaf85f21cb9926db8%3Bhp=d86e73963dd9fb5e21b1a28326630337226812aa%3Bhb=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362%3Bhpb=c3a2ebe1f7541cc35937621e08c28ff88afd0845 cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bf=posix/spawn_faction_addopen.c%3Bh=40800b8e6e81341501c0fb8a91009529e2048dec%3Bhp=47f62425b696a4fdd511b2a057746322eb6518db%3Bhb=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362%3Bhpb=c3a2ebe1f7541cc35937621e08c28ff88afd0845 cve-icon cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Bh=89e435f3559c53084498e9baad22172b64429362 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-4043 cve-icon
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.01121}

epss

{'score': 0.01643}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T11:04:28.427Z

Reserved: 2014-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-4043

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-10-06T23:55:08.530

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-4043

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-06-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-4043 - Bugzilla

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