Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-14697 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Musl-Libc Musl

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
musl-libc
CWE-787
critical
nessus

Summary

musl libc through 1.1.23 has an x87 floating-point stack adjustment imbalance, related to the math/i386/ directory. In some cases, use of this library could introduce out-of-bounds writes that are not present in an application's source code.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-202003-13.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202003-13 (musl: x87 floating-point stack adjustment imbalance) A flaw in musl libc’s arch-specific math assembly code for i386 was found which can lead to x87 stack overflow in the execution of subsequent math code. Impact : Impact depends on how the application built against musl libc handles the ABI-violating x87 state. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-03-19
modified2020-03-16
plugin id134590
published2020-03-16
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134590
titleGLSA-202003-13 : musl: x87 floating-point stack adjustment imbalance