What is CVE-2014-0219?

CVE-2014-0219 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Karaf, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2014-0219?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Apache Karaf

CVE-2014-0219

Apache Karaf before 4.0.10 enables a shutdown port on the loopback interface, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (shutdown) by sending a shutdown command to all listening high ports.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2017-11-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (53.1th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Karaf

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101872 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
karaf.apache.org/security/cve-2014-0219.txt (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-0219?: CVE-2014-0219 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Karaf, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2014-0219?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.