THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-8564
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2014-8564

Gnutls vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.3%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
The _gnutls_ecc_ansi_x963_export function in gnutls_ecc.c in GnuTLS 3.x before 3.1.28, 3.2.x before 3.2.20, and 3.3.x before 3.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificate or (2) certificate signing requests (CSR), related to generating key IDs.
Affected vendor
Gnu
Affected product
Gnutls
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2014-11-13

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 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-8564

  • Confirm whether Gnu Gnutls is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-8564.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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