CVE-2014-7222
Buffer overflow in TeamSpeak Client 3.0.14 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) by connecting to a channel with a different client instance, and placing crafted data in the Chat/Server tab with…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.0%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Buffer overflow in TeamSpeak Client 3.0.14 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) by connecting to a channel with a different client instance, and placing crafted data in the Chat/Server tab with two \\ (backslash) characters, a digit, a \ (backslash) character, and "z" in a series of nested img BBCODE tags.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 10.97% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 2 October 2014
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- teamspeak/teamspeak3
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 9.4% on 21 September 2026 to 11.0% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128571/TeamSpeak-Client-3.0.14-Buffer-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://r4p3.net/forum/reverse-engineering/38/teamspeak-3-exploit-bb-code-freeze-crash-not-responding/905/Broken Link
- http://r4p3.net/public/ts3bbcodefreeze.txtBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70219Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96890Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128571/TeamSpeak-Client-3.0.14-Buffer-Overflow.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://r4p3.net/forum/reverse-engineering/38/teamspeak-3-exploit-bb-code-freeze-crash-not-responding/905/Broken Link
- http://r4p3.net/public/ts3bbcodefreeze.txtBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70219Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96890Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.