USN-2265-1

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    USN-2265-1

    Published: 2 Jul 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: nspr vulnerability

    Details: Abhishek Arya discovered that NSPR incorrectly handled certain console functions. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause NSPR to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the vulnerability to a denial of service.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2265-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1545

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nspr

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/nspr@2:4.10.2-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:4.10.2-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    2:4.9.5-1ubuntu1
    2:4.9.5-1ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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