CVE-2014-4148

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-05-25. Federal remediation due 2022-06-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

59.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2014-10-15 10:00Z12 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2014-06-12

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

cfddd438f37e85825aaf64e50852109ace6895978e78d4dc2c14334f67a40932

• blogs.technet.comhttp://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/archive/2014/10/14/accessing-risk-for-the-october-2014-security-updates.aspxx_refsource_CONFIRM
• secunia.com60970http://secunia.com/advisories/60970third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.securityfocus.com70429http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70429vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• docs.microsoft.comMS14-058https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-058vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comms-kmd-cve20144148-code-exec(96995)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96995vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-4148government-resource