MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-3976

Advanced Core Operating System vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
11.6%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in A10 Networks Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) before 2.7.0-p6 and 2.7.1 before 2.7.1-P1_55 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long session id in the URI to sys_reboot.html. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Affected vendor
A10networks
Affected product
Advanced Core Operating System
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2014-06-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.6% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-3976

  • Confirm whether A10networks Advanced Core Operating System is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-3976.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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