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CVE-2014-3675 json

Shim allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted DHCPv6 packet.

published 2014-10-22 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-3623

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Shim allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted DHCPv6 packet.

Patch / fix

  • redhat shim 0.8
  • shim Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.8-0ubuntu2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3675

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

  • shim RHEL 7 0.7-8.el7_0
  • mokutil RHEL 7 0.7-8.el7_0
  • shim-signed RHEL 7 0.7-8.el7_0
  • shim-unsigned RHEL 7 0.7-8.el7_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:1801

  • shim openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.9-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10091-1

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-2014-3675 updated cvss 3.3

shim: out-of-bounds memory read flaw in DHCPv6 packet processing

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) shim 0.7-8.el7_0, mokutil 0.7-8.el7_0, shim-signed 0.7-8.el7_0, shim-unsigned 0.7-8.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) shim 0.7-8.el7_0, mokutil 0.7-8.el7_0, shim-signed 0.7-8.el7_0, shim-unsigned 0.7-8.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) shim 0.7-8.el7_0, mokutil 0.7-8.el7_0, shim-signed 0.7-8.el7_0, shim-unsigned 0.7-8.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) shim 0.7-8.el7_0, mokutil 0.7-8.el7_0, shim-signed 0.7-8.el7_0, shim-unsigned 0.7-8.el7_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1801

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Exploit prediction

2.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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