CVE-2014-9761
glibc: Unbounded stack allocation in nan* functions
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Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · May 19, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A stack overflow vulnerability was found in nan* functions that could cause applications, which process long strings with the nan function, to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
Do not use any applications which call the affected nan* functions. These functions are used only very rarely.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWE not specified