CVE-2014-0469

medium
Published 2014-05-05 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in a certain Debian patch for xbuffy before 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the subject of an email, possibly related to indent subject lines.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-9
sid Fixed 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-9
forky Fixed 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-9
bullseye Fixed 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-9
bookworm Fixed 3.3.bl.3.dfsg-9

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
debian debianxbuffy{"endIncluding":"3.3.bl.3.dfsg-8"}
debian debianxbuffy3.2.1-1
debian debianxbuffy3.2.1-2
debian debianxbuffy3.2.1-3
debian debianxbuffy3.2.1-4
debian debianxbuffy3.3-1
debian debianxbuffy3.3.b1.3-4
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.2-1
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-1
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-2
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-3
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-5
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-6
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-7
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-8
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-9
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-10
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-11
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-12
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-13
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-14
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-15
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-16
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-17
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-18
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-19
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-20
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-21
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-22
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-23
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-24
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3-25
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3.dfsg-1
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3.dfsg-2
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3.dfsg-3
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3.dfsg-4
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3.dfsg-5
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3.dfsg-6
debian debianxbuffy3.3.bl.3.dfsg-7

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.