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CVE-2014-9218 json

libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.7, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 allows remote attackers to c…

published 2014-12-08 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9043

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
11.5%
EPSS 11.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.7, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a long password.

Patch / fix

  • phpmyadmin Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4:4.2.12-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9218

  • phpmyadmin Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 4:4.0.10-1ubuntu0.1+esm4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9218

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

  • phpMyAdmin openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.6.5.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10054-1

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-2014-9218 updated cvss 5.0

phpMyAdmin: Denial of Service with long passwords

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-35539)

Exploit prediction

11.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-35539 phpMyAdmin 4.0.x/4.1.x/4.2.x - Denial of Service dos, 2014-12-15
  • github.com https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1ac863c7573d12012374d5d41e5c7dc5505ea6e1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/62b2c918d26cc78d1763945e3d44d1a63294a819 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/095729d81205f15f40d216d25917017da4c2fff8 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

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
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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