CVE-2014-4044 — OpenAFS 1.6.8 does not properly clear the fields in the host structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and crash) via unspecified vectors related to TMAY requests

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OpenAFS 1.6.8 does not properly clear the fields in the host structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and crash) via unspecified vectors related to TMAY requests

Published Jun 17, 2014

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.59%

Description

OpenAFS 1.6.8 does not properly clear the fields in the host structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and crash) via unspecified vectors related to TMAY requests.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.59% 0.01595

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

EPSS probability 0.01595

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.59% (0.01595)	74.83th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.59% (0.01595)	72.47th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.60% (0.00603)	67.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.70% (0.01696)	88.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 8, 2023	1.70% (0.01696)	86.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.85% (0.00850)	79.64th	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)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (4)

http://gerrit.openafs.org/#change%2C11283
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/12/1
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/13/3
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68003
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://gerrit.openafs.org/#change%2C11283		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/12/1		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/13/3		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68003		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 17, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jun 12, 2014

Link CVE-2014-4044

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-4044

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-4044