CVE-2014-8132
Double free vulnerability in the ssh_packet_kexinit function in kex.c in libssh 0.5.x and 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted kexinit packet.
02 Description
Double free vulnerability in the ssh_packet_kexinit function in kex.c in libssh 0.5.x and 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted kexinit packet.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-12-29 00:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-10-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e45675b56f3a83c9478bbe79bb9f094b839d0b4003912e151884251d15d03424
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158089
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2478-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2478-1
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201606-12https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-12
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-17324http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147464.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3488http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3488
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-17303http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147452.html
- www.libssh.orghttp://www.libssh.org/2014/12/19/libssh-0-6-4-security-and-bugfix-release/
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0014.html
- secunia.com60838http://secunia.com/advisories/60838
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:020http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:020
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0017http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00007.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-17354http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147367.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libssh Fixed in 0.6.3-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libssh Fixed in 0.6.3-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libssh Fixed in 0.6.3-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libssh Fixed in 0.6.1-0ubuntu3.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.