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CVE-2014-3506: openssl Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-3506DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3506
Published 13-08-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3506 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 46.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
46.12%
0%100%
High · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 5
DLA-33-1DSA-2998-1MGASA-2014-0325OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10309-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11127-1RHSA-2014:1052

Timeline

  1. 13-08-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

d1_both.c in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8zb, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted DTLS handshake messages that trigger memory allocations corresponding to large length values.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

46.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

99%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 46.12% 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

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

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

Debian1 product
  • openssl< 1.0.1i-1
Openssl1 product
  • opensslEOL0.9.8 | 0.9.8a | 0.9.8b | 0.9.8c | 0.9.8d | 0.9.8e | 0.9.8f | 0.9.8g | 0.9.8h | 0.9.8i | 0.9.8j | 0.9.8k | 0.9.8l | 0.9.8m | 0.9.8m:beta1 | 0.9.8n | 0.9.8o | 0.9.8p | 0.9.8q | 0.9.8r | 0.9.8s | 0.9.8t | 0.9.8u | 0.9.8v | 0.9.8w | 0.9.8x | 0.9.8y | 0.9.8za | 1.0.0 | 1.0.0:beta1 | 1.0.0:beta2 | 1.0.0:beta3 | 1.0.0:beta4 | 1.0.0:beta5 | 1.0.0a | 1.0.0b | 1.0.0c | 1.0.0d | 1.0.0e | 1.0.0f | 1.0.0g | 1.0.0h | 1.0.0i | 1.0.0j | 1.0.0k | 1.0.0l | 1.0.0m | 1.0.1 | 1.0.1:beta1 | 1.0.1:beta2 | 1.0.1:beta3 | 1.0.1a | 1.0.1b | 1.0.1c | 1.0.1d | 1.0.1e | 1.0.1f | 1.0.1g | 1.0.1h
Ubuntu1 product
  • openssl< 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.5

3 vendors · 3 products

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