Input validation error in FreeBSD - CVE-2014-5384
Published: August 22, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41390
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5384
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows context-dependent attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via a crafted argument to the iconv_open function.
Affected software
FreeBSD
How to mitigate CVE-2014-5384
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.