What is CVE-2014-7142?

CVE-2014-7142 is a vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2014-11-26.

Is CVE-2014-7142 known to be exploited?

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

Improper input validation in Oracle Solaris

CVE-2014-7142

The pinger in Squid 3.x before 3.4.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted (1) ICMP or (2) ICMP6 packet size.

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

Published 2014-11-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.249 (97.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.249 · newest: 0.249 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Oracle Solaris — versions 11.2
Squid-Cache Squid — versions 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.04, 14.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

c-skills/CVEs

References

www.squid-cache.org/Advisories/SQUID-2014_4.txt (Vendor Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/60242 (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/613 (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q3/539 (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/70022 (vdb-entry)
ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2422-1 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00040.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-7142?: CVE-2014-7142 is a vulnerability in Oracle Solaris, classified under Improper Input Validation. Published 2014-11-26.
Is CVE-2014-7142 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.