CVE-2014-2597 — PCNetSoftware RAC Server 4.0.4 and 4.0.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disabled keyboard or crash) via a large input buffer to unspecified IOCTL requests in RACDriver.sys, which triggers a buffer over-read

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PCNetSoftware RAC Server 4.0.4 and 4.0.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disabled keyboard or crash) via a large input buffer to unspecified IOCTL requests in RACDriver.sys, which triggers a buffer over-read

Published Apr 18, 2014

4.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.34%

Description

PCNetSoftware RAC Server 4.0.4 and 4.0.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (disabled keyboard or crash) via a large input buffer to unspecified IOCTL requests in RACDriver.sys, which triggers a buffer over-read.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.34% 0.00339

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00339

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 (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.34% (0.00339)	24.94th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.34% (0.00336)	25.21th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00045)	10.81th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

References (3)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/221
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/58090
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2597/
x_refsource_MISC

Link	Providers	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/221		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/58090		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-2597/		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 18, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Mar 24, 2014

Link CVE-2014-2597

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-2597

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-2597