CVE-2014-9585 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9585?

CVE-2014-9585 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 9 Jan 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The vdso_addr function in arch/x86/vdso/vma.c in the Linux kernel through 3.18.2 does not properly choose memory locations for the vDSO area, which makes it easier for local users to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism by guessing a location at the end of a PMD.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9585?

It affects 19 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Linux kernel, Opensuse Evergreen, Opensuse Opensuse and 13 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9585?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2014-9585 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9585 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9585, GHSA-g7mm-wg9g-mhg5, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9585.