CVE-2014-8566: oracle linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-8566 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability in oracle linux. EPSS estimates a 2.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.4, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 15-11-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The mod_auth_mellon module before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via unspecified vectors related to a "session overflow" involving "sessions overlapping in memory."
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.73%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
86%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.73% 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
- libapache2-mod-auth-mellon< 0.9.1
Oracle1 product
- linuxEOL6
Uninett1 product
- mod_auth_mellon≤ 0.8.0
3 vendors · 3 products
References
7 links- linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1803.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/modmellon/2014-11/msg00000.htmlMailing ListX Refsource MLISTPatchVendor Advisory