Vulnerability in Drupal
CVE-2014-9016
The password hashing API in Drupal 7.x before 7.34 and the Secure Password Hashes (aka phpass) module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.1 for Drupal allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted request.
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: 0.822 (99.7th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 100th percentile — 99.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.822 · newest: 0.822 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Drupal
- Secure Password Hashes Project Passwords
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.drupal.org/node/2378375 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/3 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-006 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/21 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/59164 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.drupal.org/node/2378367 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/1 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/59814 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3075 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-9016?
- CVE-2014-9016 is a vulnerability in Drupal. Published 2014-11-24.
- Is CVE-2014-9016 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.