What is CVE-2014-9720?

CVE-2014-9720 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tornadoweb Tornado, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-01-24.

How severe is CVE-2014-9720?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tornadoweb Tornado

CVE-2014-9720

Tornado before 3.2.2 sends arbitrary responses that contain a fixed CSRF token and may be sent with HTTP compression, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct a BREACH attack and determine this token via a series of crafted re…

EPSS: 0.025 (82.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Tornadoweb Tornado
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-203 — Observable Discrepancy

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9720?: CVE-2014-9720 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tornadoweb Tornado, classified under Observable Discrepancy. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2014-9720?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.