CVE-2014-9984

highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.045 · 91 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
4.48% (91st) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
14 products
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Who says so?
6 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-22

nscd in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before version 2.20 does not correctly compute the size of an internal buffer when processing netgroup requests, possibly leading to an nscd daemon crash or code execution as the user running nscd.

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remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixedwago_psirt

    Update your managed switch to the latest firmware: 852-303 (>= V1.2.2.S0) 852-1305 (>= V1.1.6.S0) 852-1505 (>= V1.1.5.S0) Firmwares published on Jun 7, 2019 or later are fixed. Please refer to the corresponding manual.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4
v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.09.8criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · WAGO PSIRT DE
v3.09criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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affected products (14)

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • VDE-2019-013WAGO: Multiple Vulnerabilities in industrial managed switches2019-06-12csaf · wago_psirtDE

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in WAGO 852-303, 852-1305 and 852-1505 industrial managed ethernet switches.

  • WID-SEC-W-2022-1478GNU libc: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2018-01-14csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in GNU libc ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit den Rechten des Dienstes oder mit administrative Privilegien auszuführen oder einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

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also known as (5)

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sources

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references (26)

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