MEDIUM
Openswan 2.6.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon restart) via IKEv2 packets that lack expected payloads
Published Nov 26, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.43%
Description
Openswan 2.6.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon restart) via IKEv2 packets that lack expected payloads. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE 2013-6466.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.43% 0.02427
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02427
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.43% (0.02427) | 83.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.43% (0.02427) | 82.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.73% (0.00734) | 71.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.29% (0.01287) | 86.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 21, 2024 | 1.29% (0.01287) | 85.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 11, 2023 | 1.29% (0.01287) | 83.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.91% (0.00911) | 80.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (4)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/20/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65629 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2014-February/022898.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/20/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65629 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2014-February/022898.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 26, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Feb 19, 2014
Link CVE-2014-2037
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a