What is the CVSS score of CVE-2014-3243?

CVE-2014-3243 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.7%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2014-3243?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2014-3243. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 0.7%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2014-3243?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2014-3243. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Soappy CVE-2014-3243

MEDIUM

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2014-05-12 cve@mitre.org

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Soappy

5.0

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.0 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

May 12, 2014 - 14:55 cve.org

MEDIUM 5.0

DescriptionCVE.org

SOAPpy 0.12.5 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted SOAP request containing a large number of nested entity references.

AnalysisAI

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. SOAPpy 0.12.5 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted SOAP request containing a large number of nested entity references. Affected products include: Makina-Corpus Soappy.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.