5.9
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-2031
MaraDNS and Deadwood Denial of Service (DoS) Out-of-Bounds Read and Crash
Description

Deadwood before 2.3.09, 3.x before 3.2.05, and as used in MaraDNS before 1.4.14 and 2.x before 2.0.09, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) by leveraging permission to perform recursive queries against Deadwood, related to a logic error.

INFO

Published Date :

March 20, 2018, 9:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:05 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-2031 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Maradns_project maradns
1 Deadwood_project deadwood
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-2031 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-2031 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://samiam.org/blog/2014-02-12.html
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/19/15
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029771
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066609
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91203
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91203 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/91203 VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066609 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066609 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type http://samiam.org/blog/2014-02-12.html No Types Assigned http://samiam.org/blog/2014-02-12.html Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/19/15 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/19/15 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029771 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029771 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-125
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:maradns_project:maradns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.4.14 *cpe:2.3:a:maradns_project:maradns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0.05 up to (excluding) 2.0.09
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:deadwood_project:deadwood:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.3.09 *cpe:2.3:a:deadwood_project:deadwood:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.01 up to (excluding) 3.2.05
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-2031 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.73 }} -0.37%

score

0.71610

percentile

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