CVE-2014-3956
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (50th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-3889)
- Published
- June 4, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3889 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fedoraproject / fedora
- freebsd / freebsd
- hp / hpux
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
- sendmail / sendmail
and 6 more…
References
- ftp://ftp.sendmail.org/pub/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES(Vendor Advisory)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0270.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-June/134349.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00033.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126975/Slackware-Security-Advisory-sendmail-Updates.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57455
- http://secunia.com/advisories/58628
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-32.xml
- http://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14%3A11.sendmail.asc
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:147
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:128
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67791(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030331(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/download/8.14.9/(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2014&m=slackware-security.728644
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05216368(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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