# 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.

- **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 needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Aug 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3f9p-mvpq-ggr6

## 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 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-5384?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2018-17160](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-17160/): Memory corruption in FreeBSD (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2014-3954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3954/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-4304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-4304/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2006-0226](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0226/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0002](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0002/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-5384 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-5384 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Freebsd Freebsd. 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-2014-5384/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-5384/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5384
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5384
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-5384

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