Is CVE-2014-2899 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-2899 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-12.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-2899?

CVE-2014-2899 has a CVSS score of 5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2014-2899?

Patch guidance is available from yassl security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2014-2899.

CVE-2014-2899 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2014-2899?

45 products: yassl cyassl, yassl cyassl, yassl cyassl, yassl cyassl, yassl cyassl, and 40 more.

Description

wolfSSL CyaSSL before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via (1) a request for the peer certificate when a certificate parsing failure occurs or (2) a client_key_exchange message when the ephemeral key is not found.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation

Metadata

Primary Vendor: YASSL
Published: 4/22/2014
Last Modified: 4/12/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

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Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD