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CVE-2014-9761

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 5.51% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-04-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2014-9761
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
5.51%

Original NVD Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) nan, (2) nanf, or (3) nanl function.