What is the CVSS score of CVE-2014-3261?

CVE-2014-3261 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.6 (High). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.8%.

Unified Computing System 6120Xp Fabric Interconnect CVE-2014-3261

HIGH

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2014-05-26 psirt@cisco.com

Cisco Buffer Overflow RCE Unified Computing System 6120Xp Fabric Interconnect Unified Computing System 6140Xp Fabric Interconnect Unified Computing System 6248Up Fabric Interconnect Unified Computing System 6296Up Fabric Interconnect Unified Computing System Infrastructure And Unified Computing System Software Cg Os Cgr 1120 Cgr 1240 Nx Os Nexus 7000 Nexus 7000 10 Slot Nexus 7000 18 Slot Nexus 7000 9 Slot Nexus 3016Q Nexus 3048 Nexus 3064T Nexus 3064X Nexus 3548 Nexus 5000 Nexus 5010 Nexus 5010P Switch Nexus 5020 Nexus 5020P Switch Nexus 5548P Nexus 5548Up Nexus 5596Up Nexus 4001I

7.6

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.6 HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

May 26, 2014 - 00:25 cve.org

HIGH 7.6

DescriptionCVE.org

Buffer overflow in the Smart Call Home implementation in Cisco NX-OS on Fabric Interconnects in Cisco Unified Computing System 1.4 before 1.4(1i), NX-OS 5.0 before 5.0(3)U2(2) on Nexus 3000 devices, NX-OS 4.1 before 4.1(2)E1(1l) on Nexus 4000 devices, NX-OS 5.x before 5.1(3)N1(1) on Nexus 5000 devices, NX-OS 5.2 before 5.2(3a) on Nexus 7000 devices, and CG-OS CG4 before CG4(2) on Connected 1000 Connected Grid Routers allows remote SMTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted reply, aka Bug IDs CSCtk00695, CSCts56633, CSCts56632, CSCts56628, CSCug14405, and CSCuf61322.

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. Buffer overflow in the Smart Call Home implementation in Cisco NX-OS on Fabric Interconnects in Cisco Unified Computing System 1.4 before 1.4(1i), NX-OS 5.0 before 5.0(3)U2(2) on Nexus 3000 devices, NX-OS 4.1 before 4.1(2)E1(1l) on Nexus 4000 devices, NX-OS 5.x before 5.1(3)N1(1) on Nexus 5000 devices, NX-OS 5.2 before 5.2(3a) on Nexus 7000 devices, and CG-OS CG4 before CG4(2) on Connected 1000 Connected Grid Routers allows remote SMTP servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted reply, aka Bug IDs CSCtk00695, CSCts56633, CSCts56632, CSCts56628, CSCug14405, and CSCuf61322. Affected products include: Cisco Unified Computing System 6120Xp Fabric Interconnect, Cisco Unified Computing System 6140Xp Fabric Interconnect, Cisco Unified Computing System 6248Up Fabric Interconnect, Cisco Unified Computing System 6296Up Fabric Interconnect, Cisco Unified Computing System Infrastructure And Unified Computing System Software. Version information: before 1.4.

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.