CVE-2014-3564 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can trigger heap-based buffer overflows in GPGME to cause crashes or execute arbitrary code via crafted input.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-3564?
CVE-2014-3564 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Oct 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the status_handler function in (1) engine-gpgsm.c and (2) engine-uiserver.c in GPGME before 1.5.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to "different line lengths in a specific order."
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3564?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Gnu Gpgme.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3564?
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-2014-3564 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3564 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3564, DLA-39-1, DSA-3005-1, GHSA-7jm5-qh8p-8j94, MGASA-2014-0340, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3564 and 2 more.