CVE-2014-5439 — Vulnetix

CVE-2014-5439 PUBLISHED

Multiple Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities exists in Sniffit prior to 0.3.7 via a crafted configuration file that will bypass Non-eXecutable bit NX, stack smashing protector SSP, and address space layout randomization ASLR protection mechanisms, which could let a malicious user execute arbitrary code.

EPSS 0.42% · 62.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.42%

62.5th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	sniffit	0.3.7.beta-17, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	sniffit	0.3.7.beta-19, 0.3.7.beta-19build1, 0

Exploit Intelligence

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71318 (circl)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/88 (circl)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129292/Sniffit-Root-Shell.html (vulncheck-nvd)

Timeline

Nov 19, 2019 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
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Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
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May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
Jul 16, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5439 third-party-advisory
http://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2014-5439-sniffit_0.3.7-stack-buffer-overflow.html third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4652-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-5439 third-party-advisory

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