Stack-based buffer overflow - CVE-2014-0004

 

Stack-based buffer overflow - CVE-2014-0004

Published: March 11, 2014 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33096
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0004
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing a long mount point. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Gentoo Linux
Slackware Linux
libmodplug (Alpine package)
jansson (Alpine package)
udisks
udisks2

How to mitigate CVE-2014-0004

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

libmodplug (Alpine package) - update to 0.8.8.5-r0
jansson (Alpine package) - update to 2.6-r0
udisks - update to 1.0.5
udisks2 - addressed in versions 1.98.0, 2.1.3

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