CVE-2014-2899

N/A Unknown
Published: April 22, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

wolfSSL CyaSSL before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via (1) a request for the peer certificate when a certificate parsing failure occurs or (2) a client_key_exchange message when the ephemeral key is not found.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/126
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/130
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/57743
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66780
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Blog/Entries/2014/4/11_wolfSSL_Security_Advisory__April_9%2C_2014.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Docs-cyassl-changelog.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-53
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/126
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/130
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/57743
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66780
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Blog/Entries/2014/4/11_wolfSSL_Security_Advisory__April_9%2C_2014.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Docs-cyassl-changelog.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-53
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.9%
75th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20

Affected Vendors

yassl

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