CVE-2014-9273 Memory corruption in n/a
Medium 4.6
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-9273 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2014-9273 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 8 Dec 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9273 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-2014-9273/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9273/index.md)
Local attackers can execute arbitrary code and gain privileges via crafted small hive files in the Hivex library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-9273?
CVE-2014-9273 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 8 Dec 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
lib/handle.c in Hivex before 1.3.11 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and gain privileges via a small hive files, which triggers an out-of-bounds read or write.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9273?
It affects 6 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
hivex-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
hivex-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
ocaml-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
ocaml-hivex-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
perl-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
python-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
hivex-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
hivex-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
ocaml-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
ocaml-hivex-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
perl-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
python-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
hivex-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
hivex-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
ocaml-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
ocaml-hivex-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
perl-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
python-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
hivex-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
hivex-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
ocaml-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
ocaml-hivex-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
perl-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
python-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation | All versions | 0:1.3.3-4.3.el6 |
hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.3.10-5.7.el7 |
hivex-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.3.10-5.7.el7 |
hivex-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.3.10-5.7.el7 |
ocaml-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.3.10-5.7.el7 |
ocaml-hivex-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.3.10-5.7.el7 |
perl-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.3.10-5.7.el7 |
python-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.3.10-5.7.el7 |
ruby-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 0:1.3.10-5.7.el7 |
hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:1.3.10-5.7.el7 |
hivex-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:1.3.10-5.7.el7 |
hivex-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:1.3.10-5.7.el7 |
ocaml-hivex Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server | All versions | 0:1.3.10-5.7.el7 |
Products include Debian Hivex, Opensuse Opensuse, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9273?
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-2014-9273 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9273 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9273, GHSA-qvqq-v774-hxcg, MGASA-2015-0060, RHSA-2015:0301, RHSA-2015:1378, SUSE-SU-2015:0320-1.