CVE-2014-2899
wolfSSL CyaSSL before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via (1) a request for the peer certificate when a certificate parsing failure occurs or (2) a client_key_exchange message when the ephemeral key…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.82%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
wolfSSL CyaSSL before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via (1) a request for the peer certificate when a certificate parsing failure occurs or (2) a client_key_exchange message when the ephemeral key is not found.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.82% probability · 79th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- yassl/cyassl
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/126
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/130
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57743Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66780
- http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Blog/Entries/2014/4/11_wolfSSL_Security_Advisory__April_9%2C_2014.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Docs-cyassl-changelog.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-53
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/126
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/130
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57743Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66780
- http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Blog/Entries/2014/4/11_wolfSSL_Security_Advisory__April_9%2C_2014.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.wolfssl.com/yaSSL/Docs-cyassl-changelog.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-53
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.