--- title: "CVE-2014-5256\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5256?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-5256 Publication date 5 September 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Node.js 0.8 before 0.8.28 and 0.10 before 0.10.30 does not consider the possibility of recursive processing that triggers V8 garbage collection in conjunction with a V8 interrupt, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via deep JSON objects whose parsing lets this interrupt mask an overflow of the program stack. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5256?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | libv8 | 18.10 cosmic | Not in release | | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | | 17.10 artful | Not in release | | 17.04 zesty | Not in release | | 16.10 yakkety | Not in release | | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | | 15.10 wily | Not in release | | 15.04 vivid | Not in release | | 14.10 utopic | Not in release | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | | libv8-3.14 | 18.10 cosmic | Ignored end of life | | 18.04 LTS bionic | Ignored end of standard support | | 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life | | 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life | | 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life | | 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | | 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life | | 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life | | 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur) CVE is for nodejs, but nodejs package uses system libv8 --- ### [mikesalvatore](https://launchpad.net/~mikesalvatore) The Ubuntu Security Team does not support libv8 ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-5256) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5256) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-5256) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5256) ### Other references *