Critical severity · published Jan 28, 2020
CVE-2014-2898
wolfSSL CyaSSL before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via multiple calls to the CyaSSL_read function which triggers an out-of-bounds read when an error…
9.8
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
wolfSSL CyaSSL before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via multiple calls to the CyaSSL_read function which triggers an out-of-bounds read when an error occurs, related to not checking the return code and MAC verification failure.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
Wolfssl · Wolfssl
before 2.9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2898
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2898
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/126
Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/130
Vendor Advisory
http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Blog/Entries/2014/4/11_wolfSSL_Security_Advisory__April_9%2C_2014.html
Vendor Advisory
http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Docs-cyassl-changelog.html
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