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CVE-2014-4043

glibc: posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen fails to copy the path argument

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

1

CVSS 2.0

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Published · June 11, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free vulnerabilities.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 1
AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE not specified