What is the CVSS score of CVE-2014-6251?

CVE-2014-6251 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.0 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.5%.

Cpuminer CVE-2014-6251

MEDIUM

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2014-10-25 cve@mitre.org

Buffer Overflow Cpuminer

6.0

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

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NVD PRIMARY

6.0 MEDIUM

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

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CVSS VectorNVD

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

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Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Oct 25, 2014 - 00:55 cve.org

MEDIUM 6.0

DescriptionCVE.org

Stack-based buffer overflow in CPUMiner before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact by sending a mining.subscribe response with a large nonce2 length, then triggering the overflow with a mining.notify request.

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. Stack-based buffer overflow in CPUMiner before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact by sending a mining.subscribe response with a large nonce2 length, then triggering the overflow with a mining.notify request. Affected products include: Cpuminer Project Cpuminer. Version information: before 2.4.1.

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.