CVE-2014-3509: openssl
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Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-3509 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in openssl. EPSS estimates a 12.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 3Timeline
- 13-08-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Race condition in the ssl_parse_serverhello_tlsext function in t1_lib.c in OpenSSL 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i, when multithreading and session resumption are used, allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and client application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending Elliptic Curve (EC) Supported Point Formats Extension data.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
12.91%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.51 pp
From 13.42% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- openssl< 1.0.1i-1
Openssl1 product
- opensslEOL1.0.0 | 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
References
55 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127498X Refsource CONFIRM
- linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1052.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21682293X Refsource CONFIRM
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- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21683389X Refsource CONFIRM
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136473.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020240X Refsource CONFIRM
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-August/136470.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/openssl_advisory10.ascX Refsource CONFIRM
- support.citrix.com/article/CTX216642X Refsource CONFIRM
- lists.balabit.hu/pipermail/syslog-ng-announce/2014-September/000196.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLIST
- techzone.ergon.ch/CVE-2014-3511X Refsource CONFIRM
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21686997X Refsource CONFIRM