net-snmp: snmptrapd crash when using a trap with empty community string
Published Apr 27, 2014
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.31%
Description
The perl_trapd_handler function in perl/TrapReceiver/TrapReceiver.xs in Net-SNMP 5.7.3.pre3 and earlier, when using certain Perl versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (snmptrapd crash) via an empty community string in an SNMP trap, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference within the newSVpv function in Perl.
Affected products
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
net-snmp-1:5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0322
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
net-snmp
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
net-snmp
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | net-snmp-1:5.3.2.2-22.el5_10.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0322 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | net-snmp | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | net-snmp | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of net-snmp as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 3.31% (0.03310) | 88.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.28% (0.03283) | 86.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.09% (0.04094) | 87.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.04% (0.07041) | 85.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.95% (0.04950) | 88.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.03% (0.01027) | 84.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2024 | 1.03% (0.01027) | 83.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01027) | 81.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 78.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 76.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01955) | 55.71th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12284 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00060.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00061.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59974 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/patches/1275/ x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201409-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2006/09/msg116250.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2285 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072044 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072778 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2285
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0322.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2285
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