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CVE-2014-3158 json

Integer overflow in the getword function in options.c in pppd in Paul's PPP Package (ppp) before 2.4.7 allows attackers to "access privileg…

published 2014-11-15 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3176

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the getword function in options.c in pppd in Paul's PPP Package (ppp) before 2.4.7 allows attackers to "access privileged options" via a long word in an options file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow that "[corrupts] security-relevant variables."

Patch / fix

  • ppp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.4.6-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3158

  • ppp Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3158

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ppp openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.4.7-7.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10049-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3158 updated cvss 1.9

ppp: integer overflow in option parsing

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ppp Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ppp Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ppp
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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