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CVE-2014-3956
The sm_close_on_exec function in conf.c in sendmail before 8.14.9 has arguments in the wrong order, and consequently skips setting…
- 1.9LowCVSS base score
- 0.63%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 49% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The sm_close_on_exec function in conf.c in sendmail before 8.14.9 has arguments in the wrong order, and consequently skips setting expected FD_CLOEXEC flags, which allows local users to access unintended high-numbered file descriptors via a custom mail-delivery program.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.63% · top 49% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05216368 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 58628 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-14:11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:128 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126975/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sendmail-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201412-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0804 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2014:147 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-7093 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0805 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 57455 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 67791 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SSA:2014-156-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 1030331 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-3889 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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