ALPINE-CVE-2025-14104

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-14104
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2025-14104.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2025-14104
Upstream
Published
2025-12-05T17:16:03Z
Modified
2026-09-05T01:30:03Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in util-linux. This vulnerability allows a heap buffer overread when processing 256-byte usernames, specifically within the setpwnam() function, affecting SUID (Set User ID) login-utils utilities writing to the password database.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.22 / util-linux

Package

Name
util-linux
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.41.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2025-14104.json"

Alpine:v3.23 / util-linux

Package

Name
util-linux
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/util-linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.41.4-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2025-14104.json"