# CVE-2014-2386: Memory corruption in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via stack-based buffer overflows in Icinga CGI functions due to off-by-one errors.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not stated
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 25 Mar 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9prg-2xvx-hr7x

## What is CVE-2014-2386?

CVE-2014-2386 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 25 Mar 2014. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Multiple off-by-one errors in Icinga, possibly 1.10.2 and earlier, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified vectors to the (1) display_nav_table, (2) print_export_link, (3) page_num_selector, or (4) page_limit_selector function in cgi/cgiutils.c or (5) status_page_num_selector function in cgi/status.c, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.

Weakness: CWE-189

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2386?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Icinga Icinga, Opensuse Opensuse.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-2386?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-2386 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2386 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse

- [CVE-2025-48057](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48057/): Icinga 2 certificate renewal might incorrectly renew an invalid certificate (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2020-29663](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29663/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2024-24820](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24820/): Icinga Director configuration is susceptible to Cross-Site Request Forgery (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2018-6535](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6535/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-14004](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14004/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-2386 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-2386 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 25 Mar 2014. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2386 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Opensuse Opensuse. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2386/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2386/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2386
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2386
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-2386

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2386/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.