What is CVE-2014-7255?

CVE-2014-7255 is a high-severity vulnerability in Iij Seil B1, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2014-12-05.

How severe is CVE-2014-7255?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Iij Seil B1

CVE-2014-7255

Internet Initiative Japan Inc. SEIL Series routers SEIL/X1 2.50 through 4.62, SEIL/X2 2.50 through 4.62, SEIL/B1 2.50 through 4.62, and SEIL/x86 Fuji 1.70 through 3.22 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and traffic consumption) via a large number of NTP requests within a short time, which causes unnecessary NTP responses to be sent.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.032 (86.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

vultures@jpcert.or.jp (x_refsource_JVNDB, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
vultures@jpcert.or.jp (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_JVN, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-7255?: CVE-2014-7255 is a high-severity vulnerability in Iij Seil B1, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2014-12-05.
How severe is CVE-2014-7255?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.