CVE-2014-8564

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    CVE-2014-8564

    Published: 13 Nov 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The _gnutls_ecc_ansi_x963_export function in gnutls_ecc.c in GnuTLS 3.x before 3.1.28, 3.2.x before 3.2.20, and 3.3.x before 3.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted (1) Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) certificate or (2) certificate signing requests (CSR), related to generating key IDs.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00084.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1846.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/59991, http://secunia.com/advisories/62284, http://secunia.com/advisories/62294, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2403-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2403-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161443

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High