Vulnerability in GNU Gnutls
CVE-2014-8564
The _gnutls_ecc_ansi_x963_export function in gnutls_ecc.c in GnuTLS 3.x before 3.1.28, 3.2.x before 3.2.20, and 3.3.x before 3.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificate or (2) certificate signing requests (CSR), related to generating key IDs.
Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)
Published · last modified .
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: 0.033 (88.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- GNU Gnutls — versions 3.0, 3.0.0, 3.0.1
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 14.10
- openSUSE — versions 12.3, 13.1, 13.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/59991 (third-party-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1846.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2403-1 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62294 (third-party-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
- secunia.com/advisories/62284 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00084.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-8564?
- CVE-2014-8564 is a vulnerability in GNU Gnutls, classified under Cryptographic Issues. Published 2014-11-13.
- Is CVE-2014-8564 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.