VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-3466

medium
Published 2014-06-03 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Buffer overflow in the read_server_hello function in lib/gnutls_handshake.c in GnuTLS before 3.1.25, 3.2.x before 3.2.15, and 3.3.x before 3.3.4 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long session id in a ServerHello message.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3466

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://www.gitorious.org/gnutls/gnutls/commit/688ea6428a432c39203d00acd1af0e7684e5ddfd

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.gnutls.org/security.html

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.2.15-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.2.15-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.2.15-1
debian debiansidfixed3.2.15-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.2.15-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnugnutls3.1.2
gnugnutls3.3.0
gnugnutls3.3.1
gnugnutls3.3.2
gnugnutls3.3.3
gnugnutls{"endIncluding":"3.1.24"}
gnugnutls3.1.0
gnugnutls3.1.1
gnugnutls3.1.3
gnugnutls3.1.4
gnugnutls3.1.5
gnugnutls3.1.6
gnugnutls3.1.7
gnugnutls3.1.8
gnugnutls3.1.9
gnugnutls3.1.10
gnugnutls3.1.11
gnugnutls3.1.12
gnugnutls3.1.13
gnugnutls3.1.14
gnugnutls3.1.15
gnugnutls3.1.16
gnugnutls3.1.17
gnugnutls3.1.18
gnugnutls3.1.19
gnugnutls3.1.20
gnugnutls3.1.21
gnugnutls3.1.22
gnugnutls3.1.23
gnugnutls3.2.0
gnugnutls3.2.1
gnugnutls3.2.2
gnugnutls3.2.3
gnugnutls3.2.4
gnugnutls3.2.5
gnugnutls3.2.6
gnugnutls3.2.7
gnugnutls3.2.8
gnugnutls3.2.8.1
gnugnutls3.2.9
gnugnutls3.2.10
gnugnutls3.2.11
gnugnutls3.2.12
gnugnutls3.2.12.1
gnugnutls3.2.13
gnugnutls3.2.14

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.