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CVE-2014-8628: polarssl Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
AliasesDLA-129-1DSA-3116-1
Published 24-08-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-8628 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in polarssl. EPSS estimates a 1.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.72%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
MGASA-2014-0481OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10088-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12903-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11119-1

Timeline

  1. 24-08-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Memory leak in PolarSSL before 1.2.12 and 1.3.x before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of crafted X.509 certificates. NOTE: this identifier has been SPLIT per ADT3 due to different affected versions. See CVE-2014-9744 for the ClientHello message issue.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

77%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.72% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.72%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • polarssl< 1.2.9-1~deb6u3 | < 1.2.9-1~deb7u4
Polarssl1 product
  • polarssl≤ 1.2.11 | 1.3.0 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.5 | 1.3.6 | 1.3.7 | 1.3.8

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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