MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-8104

Mageia vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
OpenVPN 2.x before 2.0.11, 2.1.x, 2.2.x before 2.2.3, and 2.3.x before 2.3.6 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (server crash) via a small control channel packet.
Affected vendor
Mageia
Affected product
Mageia
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2014-12-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-8104

  • Confirm whether Mageia Mageia is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-8104.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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