CVE-2014-4043 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4043?

CVE-2014-4043 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Gnu Glibc, published on 6 Oct 2014.

Official description

The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free vulnerabilities.

Weakness: CWE-94

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4043?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Gnu Glibc, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4043?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2014-4043 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4043 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4043, GHSA-7fjc-2773-f7m5, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4043.