CVE-2014-2898
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 2.8% (pctl 86)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
wolfSSL CyaSSL before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via multiple calls to the CyaSSL_read function which triggers an out-of-bounds read when an error occurs, related to not checking the return code and MAC verification failure.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.77% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-125 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2020-01-28 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wolfssl | wolfssl |
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/126
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/130
- http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Blog/Entries/2014/4/11_wolfSSL_Security_Advisory__April_9%2C_2014.html
- http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Docs-cyassl-changelog.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/126
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/130
- http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Blog/Entries/2014/4/11_wolfSSL_Security_Advisory__April_9%2C_2014.html
- http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Docs-cyassl-changelog.html
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD