Search for vulnerabilities
Vulnerability details: VCID-b6px-btcj-aaad
Vulnerability ID VCID-b6px-btcj-aaad
Aliases CVE-2014-9984
Summary nscd in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before version 2.20 does not correctly compute the size of an internal buffer when processing netgroup requests, possibly leading to an nscd daemon crash or code execution as the user running nscd.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 4.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-9984.html
cvssv3 9.8 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-9984.json
epss 0.00482 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00482 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00569 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00569 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00569 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00569 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00569 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.0066 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.00913 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.01482 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.01482 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.01482 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.01482 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.02088 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.02088 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.02088 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.02088 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.02088 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.02088 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.02088 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.02088 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.02481 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.02481 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.02481 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.02481 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
epss 0.03077 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
rhbs urgent https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1463288
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9984
cvssv2 7.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 9.8 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9984
cvssv3 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9984
Reference id Reference type URL
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154361/Cisco-Device-Hardcoded-Credentials-GNU-glibc-BusyBox.html
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2014/CVE-2014-9984.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-9984.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-9984
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9984
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/7
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Sep/7
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16695
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c44496df2f090a56d3bf75df930592dac6bba46f
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=c44496df2f090a56d3bf75df930592dac6bba46f
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99071
1463288 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1463288
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2014-9984 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9984
USN-6762-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6762-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-9984.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9984
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9984
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.64126
EPSS Score 0.00482
Published At June 25, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
There are no relevant records.