CVE-2014-4911

medium

Published 2014-07-22 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.0

Description

The ssl_decrypt_buf function in library/ssl_tls.c in PolarSSL before 1.2.11 and 1.3.x before 1.3.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via vectors related to the GCM ciphersuites, as demonstrated using the Codenomicon Defensics toolkit.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status
debian	6.0	affected
debian	7.0	affected
debian	8.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
polarssl	polarssl	`1.3.0`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.3.1`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.3.2`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.3.3`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.3.4`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.3.5`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.3.6`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.3.7`
polarssl	polarssl	`{"endIncluding":"1.2.10"}`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.2.0`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.2.1`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.2.2`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.2.3`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.2.4`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.2.5`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.2.6`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.2.7`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.2.8`
polarssl	polarssl	`1.2.9`

References

CWEs

CWE-310

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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