CVE-2014-3484

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the __dn_expand function in network/dn_expand.c in musl libc 1.1x before 1.1.2 and 0.9.13 through 1.0.3 allow remote attackers to (1) have unspecified impact via an invalid name length in a DNS response or (2) cause a denial of service (crash) via an invalid name length in a DNS response, related to an infinite loop with no output.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	musl libc	1.1x before 1.1.2; 0.9.13 through 1.0.3

References

http://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/commit/?id=b3d9e0b94ea73c68ef4169ec82c898ce59a4e30aPatch
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/495Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/commit/?id=b3d9e0b94ea73c68ef4169ec82c898ce59a4e30aPatch
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/495Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 20, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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