Heap-based buffer overflow in NGINX Open Source and Opensuse - CVE-2014-0133
Published: March 28, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41881
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0133
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote 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 in Heap-based buffer overflow in the SPDY implementation in nginx 1.3.15 before 1.4.7 and 1.5.x before 1.5.12. A remote attacker can use a crafted request. to trigger heap-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
NGINX Open Source
Opensuse
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2014-0133
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.