What is CVE-2014-9697?

CVE-2014-9697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Usg9520, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-17.

How severe is CVE-2014-9697?

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

Resource exhaustion in Huawei Usg9520

CVE-2014-9697

Huawei USG9560/9520/9580 before V300R001C01SPC300 allows remote attackers to cause a memory leak or denial of service (memory exhaustion, reboot and MPU switchover) via a crafted website.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2017-10-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Usg9520
Huawei Usg9520 Firmware — versions v300r001c00, v300r001c01spc100
Huawei Usg9560
Huawei Usg9560 Firmware — versions v300r001c00, v300r001c01spc100
Huawei Usg9580
Huawei Usg9580 Firmware — versions v300r001c00, v300r001c01spc100

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

www1.huawei.com/en/security/psirt/security-bulletins/security-advisories/hw-408… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9697?: CVE-2014-9697 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Usg9520, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-10-17.
How severe is CVE-2014-9697?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.