A flaw was found in the Linux kernels with commit b6a2fea39318 ("mm: variable length argument support", from July 19, 2007) but without commit da029c11e6b1 ("exec:Limit arg stack to at most 75% of STKLIM", from July 7, 2017). An integer overflow in the Linux kernel's createelftables() function. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability via a SUID-root binary and obtain full root privileges.

Referenced commits: b6a2fea39318 ("mm: variable length argument support", from July 19, 2007) https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b6a2fea39318e43fee84fa7b0b90d68bed92d2ba

da029c11e6b1 ("exec: Limit arg stack to at most 75% of STKLIM", from July 7, 2017) https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/da029c11e6b12f321f36dac8771e833b65cec962

Additional references: https://www.qualys.com/2018/09/25/cve-2018-14634/mutagen-astronomy-integer-overflow-linux-createelftables-cve-2018-14634.txt

Last updated 25 August 2025

A race condition was found in the way Linux kernel's memory subsystem handled breakage of the read only private mappings COW situation on write access.

An unprivileged local user could use this flaw to gain write access to otherwise read only memory mappings and thus increase their privileges on the system.

Red Hat is aware of this issue and if you have questions about the affectedness of your system please contact Red Hat Support. For additional information see https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/2706661

A vulnerability was found in ImageMagick. Insufficient filtering for filename passed to delegate's command allows remote code execution during conversion of several file formats.

ImageMagick allows to process files with external libraries. This feature is called 'delegate'. It is implemented as a system() with command string ('command') from the config file delegates.xml with actual value for different params (input/output filenames etc). Due to insufficient %M param filtering it is possible to conduct shell command injection. One of the default delegate's command is used to handle https requests:

"wget" -q -O "%o" "https:%M"

where %M is the actual link from the input. It is possible to pass the value like https://example.com"|ls "-la and execute unexpected 'ls -la'. (wget or curl should be installed).

Moxilla Firefox allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy to read arbitrary files or gain privileges.

A flaw was found in the way pi to pi futex requeueing was handled.

A local unprivileged user can use this flaw to increase their privileges on the system.

A missing bounds check was found in the way OpenSSL handled TLS heartbeat extension packets. This flaw could be used to reveal up to 64k of memory from a connected client or server.

Only 1.0.1 releases of OpenSSL are affected including 1.0.1f (and 1.0.2 betas)

The following upstream commit introduced TLS/DTLS heatbeat support and also this issue:

http://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff;h=4817504

Mozilla Firefox before 22.0, Firefox ESR 17.x before 17.0.7, Thunderbird before 17.0.7, and Thunderbird ESR 17.x before 17.0.7 do not properly handle onreadystatechange events in conjunction with page reloading, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site that triggers an attempt to execute data at an unmapped memory location.