What is the CVSS score of CVE-2014-3042?

CVE-2014-3042 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.0 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.8%.

Cics Transaction Server CVE-2014-3042

MEDIUM

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2014-06-10 psirt@us.ibm.com

IBM Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Cics Transaction Server

4.0

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

4.0 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Jun 10, 2014 - 11:19 cve.org

MEDIUM 4.0

DescriptionCVE.org

IBM CICS Transaction Server 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, and 5.1 on z/OS does not properly implement CEMT transactions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (storage overlay) by using a 3270 emulator to send an invalid 3270 data stream.

AnalysisAI

IBM CICS Transaction Server 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, and 5.1 on z/OS does not properly implement CEMT transactions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (storage overlay). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. IBM CICS Transaction Server 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, and 5.1 on z/OS does not properly implement CEMT transactions, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (storage overlay) by using a 3270 emulator to send an invalid 3270 data stream. Affected products include: Ibm Cics Transaction Server.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.