Is CVE-2014-6259 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-6259 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-12.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-6259?

CVE-2014-6259 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-2014-6259?

Patch guidance is available from zenoss security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2014-6259.

CVE-2014-6259 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2014-6259?

20 products: zenoss zenoss core, zenoss zenoss core, zenoss zenoss core, zenoss zenoss core, zenoss zenoss core, and 15 more.

Description

Zenoss Core through 5 Beta 3 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a crafted XML document containing a large number of nested entity references, aka ZEN-15414, a similar issue to CVE-2003-1564.

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-399

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ZENOSS
Published: 12/15/2014
Last Modified: 4/12/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

zenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_corezenoss : zenoss_core

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

Cite this page

CVE-2014-6259. CVEDatabase.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026. https://cvedatabase.com/cve/CVE-2014-6259

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CVE-2014-6259 vulnerability