7.8
HIGH
CVE-2014-8628
PolarSSL X.509 Certificate Denial of Service Memory Leak
Description

Memory leak in PolarSSL before 1.2.12 and 1.3.x before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted X.509 certificates. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions. See CVE-2014-9744 for the ClientHello message issue.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 24, 2015, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:22 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-8628 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 Polarssl polarssl
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-8628 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source SUSE OpenText
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference OpenText http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00079.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3116 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.3.9-released [No types assigned]
    Added Reference OpenText https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.2.12-released [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference SUSE https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.3.9-released
    Removed Reference SUSE https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.2.12-released
    Removed Reference SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00079.html
    Removed Reference SUSE http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3116
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3116 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 25, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:polarssl:polarssl:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:polarssl:polarssl:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:polarssl:polarssl:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:polarssl:polarssl:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:polarssl:polarssl:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:polarssl:polarssl:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:polarssl:polarssl:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:polarssl:polarssl:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:polarssl:polarssl:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:polarssl:polarssl:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
    Changed Reference Type https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.2.12-released No Types Assigned https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.2.12-released Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.3.9-released No Types Assigned https://polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.3.9-released Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-399
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 25, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
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)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.92 }} 0.16%

score

0.81071

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability