CVE-2014-3466: gnu gnutls

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3466 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in gnu gnutls. EPSS estimates a 11.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 03-06-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the read_server_hello function in lib/gnutls_handshake.c in GnuTLS before 3.1.25, 3.2.x before 3.2.15, and 3.3.x before 3.3.4 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long session id in a ServerHello message.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.