7.5

CVE-2014-1912: apple mac_os_x

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2014-1912
Published 28-02-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-1912 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 27.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (exploit-database, 24-02-2014)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
27.23%
0%100%
High · -0.88 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits3reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 3
DLA-25-1DSA-2880-1MGASA-2014-0085OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10536-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11202-1RHSA-2015:1064

Timeline

  1. 28-02-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrom_into function in Modules/socketmodule.c in Python 2.5 before 2.7.7, 3.x before 3.3.4, and 3.4.x before 3.4rc1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

27.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

98%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.88 pp

From 28.11% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

3 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (pastebin.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (trustedsec.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxUnverified

    Python - 'socket.recvfrom_into()' Remote Buffer Overflow

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Apple1 product
Debian1 product
  • python2.7< 2.7.6-6
Python1 product
  • pythonEOL2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.4 | 2.5.6 | 2.5.150 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.8 | 2.6.2150 | 2.6.6150 | 2.7.1 | 2.7.1:rc1 | 2.7.2:rc1 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.4 | 2.7.5 | 2.7.6 | 2.7.1150 | 2.7.2150 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.1 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.2150 | 3.2 | 3.2:alpha | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3 | 3.2.4 | 3.2.5 | 3.2.2150 | 3.3 | 3.3:beta2 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.3.3 | 3.4:alpha1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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