What is CVE-2014-3675?

CVE-2014-3675 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Shim, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. Published 2014-10-22.

Is CVE-2014-3675 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Red Hat Shim

CVE-2014-3675

Shim allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted DHCPv6 packet.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2014-10-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.027 (85.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 85.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.027 · newest: 0.027 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Shim

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

Public proof-of-concept exploits

c-skills/CVEs

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/13/4 (mailing-list, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/70407 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1801.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96981 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-3675?: CVE-2014-3675 is a vulnerability in Red Hat Shim, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. Published 2014-10-22.
Is CVE-2014-3675 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.