CVE-2014-0004 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 6.9 Published 11 Mar 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can trigger a stack-based buffer overflow in udisks via a long mount point, potentially causing a crash or executing arbitrary code.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2014-0004?

CVE-2014-0004 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 11 Mar 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Stack-based buffer overflow in udisks before 1.0.5 and 2.x before 2.1.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long mount point.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0004?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (17)

`udisks` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks-devel-docs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks-devel-docs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks-devel-docs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks-devel-docs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation	All versions	`0:1.0.1-7.el6_5`
`udisks2` openSUSE:Tumbleweed	All versions	`2.1.8-1.1`

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Freedesktop Udisks.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0004?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-0004 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0004 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0004, DSA-2872-1, GHSA-jqwr-w7rw-fwpf, MGASA-2014-0129, RHSA-2014:0293, openSUSE-SU-2024:10495-1.