CVE-2014-8564: canonical ubuntu_linux Cryptographic Issues
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-8564 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 13-11-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The _gnutls_ecc_ansi_x963_export function in gnutls_ecc.c in GnuTLS 3.x before 3.1.28, 3.2.x before 3.2.20, and 3.3.x before 3.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificate or (2) certificate signing requests (CSR), related to generating key IDs.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.28%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 3.28% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat10 products
- enterprise_linux_desktop7.0
- enterprise_linux_hpc_node7.0
- enterprise_linux_server7.0
- enterprise_linux_workstation7.0
- gnutls< 0:3.1.18-10.el7_0
Mageia2 products
- gnutls< 3.1.16-1.4.mga3
- gnutls< 3.2.7-1.4.mga4
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL14.10
Debian1 product
- gnutls28< 3.3.8-4
Gnu1 product
- gnutls3.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.0.3 | 3.0.4 | 3.0.5 | 3.0.6 | 3.0.7 | 3.0.8 | 3.0.9 | 3.0.10 | 3.0.11 | 3.0.12 | 3.0.13 | 3.0.14 | 3.0.15 | 3.0.16 | 3.0.17 | 3.0.18 | 3.0.19 | 3.0.20 | 3.0.21 | 3.0.22 | 3.0.23 | 3.0.24 | 3.0.25 | 3.0.26 | 3.0.27 | 3.0.28 | 3.1.0 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.7 | 3.1.8 | 3.1.9 | 3.1.10 | 3.1.11 | 3.1.12 | 3.1.13 | 3.1.14 | 3.1.15 | 3.1.16 | 3.1.17 | 3.1.18 | 3.1.19 | 3.1.20 | 3.1.21 | 3.1.22 | 3.1.23 | 3.1.24 | 3.1.25 | 3.1.26 | 3.1.27 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3 | 3.2.4 | 3.2.5 | 3.2.6 | 3.2.7 | 3.2.8 | 3.2.8.1 | 3.2.9 | 3.2.10 | 3.2.11 | 3.2.12 | 3.2.12.1 | 3.2.13 | 3.2.14 | 3.2.15 | 3.2.16 | 3.2.17 | 3.2.18 | 3.2.19 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.0:pre0 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.3.3 | 3.3.4 | 3.3.5 | 3.3.6 | 3.3.7 | 3.3.8 | 3.3.9
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL12.3 | 13.1 | 13.2
6 vendors · 16 products
References
18 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00084.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory