VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-9761
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability5.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-04-19
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) nan, (2) nanf, or (3) nanl function.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer