CVE-2014-5419

critical
Published 2015-01-17 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

GE Multilink ML800, ML1200, ML1600, and ML2400 switches with firmware 4.2.1 and earlier and Multilink ML810, ML3000, and ML3100 switches with firmware 5.2.0 and earlier use the same RSA private key across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain the cleartext content of network traffic by reading this key from a firmware image and then sniffing the network.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov — http://www.gedigitalenergy.com/products/support/multilink/MLSB1214.pdf

References

CWEs

CWE-321 CWE-310

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