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title: "CVE-2014-9037\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9037?format=md
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# CVE-2014-9037

Publication date 25 November 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

WordPress before 3.7.5, 3.8.x before 3.8.5, 3.9.x before 3.9.3, and 4.x
before 4.0.1 might allow remote attackers to obtain access to an account
idle since 2008 by leveraging an improper PHP dynamic type comparison for
an MD5 hash.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| wordpress | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9037)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9037)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-9037)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9037)

### Other references

* <https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/12>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9037>