CVE-2014-5384 Memory corruption in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in FreeBSD and NetBSD via crafted input to the iconv_open function in the VIQR module.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-5384?
CVE-2014-5384 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd, published on 21 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The VIQR module in the iconv implementation in FreeBSD 10.0 before p6 and NetBSD allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) via a crafted argument to the iconv_open function. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2014-3951 per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5384?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Freebsd Freebsd, Netbsd Netbsd.
How do I fix CVE-2014-5384?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-5384 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2014-5384 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5384 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Freebsd Freebsd
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3f9p-mvpq-ggr6.