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Unscored CVE-2014-6251 EUVD-2014-6137GHSA-p4q7-px7p-vcmc

Stack-based buffer overflow in CPUMiner before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact by sending a mining.subscribe re…

Published Oct 25, 2014 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in CPUMiner before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact by sending a mining.subscribe response with a large nonce2 length, then triggering the overflow with a mining.notify request.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS cgminer No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS cgminer No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS cgminer No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS cgminer No fix yet —

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