{"id":"CVE-2014-9016","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-9016","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T06:44:05.962Z","title":"The password hashing API in Drupal 7.x before 7.34 and the Secure Password Hashes (aka phpass) module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.1 for Drupal allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted request.","description":"The password hashing API in Drupal 7.x before 7.34 and the Secure Password Hashes (aka phpass) module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.1 for Drupal allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted request.","published":"2014-11-24T15:59:18.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:17:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["drupal/drupal","secure password hashes project/secure passwords hashes","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.79056,"percentile":0.99597,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[{"date":"2026-10-28","score":0.79056,"percentile":0.99595}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2014-12-01","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":35415,"kind":"exploit","title":"Drupal < 7.34 - Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35415","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/dos/35415.txt","file":"exploits/php/dos/35415.txt","published":"2014-12-01","added":"2014-12-01","updated":"2014-12-01","author":"Javer Nieto & Andres Rojas","type":"dos","platform":"php","port":80,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2014-9016","OSVDB-114870"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comdrupal-7.33.zip","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 79.1%, higher than 100% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59164","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59814","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3075","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/21","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/3","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-006","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.drupal.org/node/2378367","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.drupal.org/node/2378375","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59164","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/59814","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3075","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/21","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/3","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/1","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-006","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.drupal.org/node/2378367","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.drupal.org/node/2378375","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9016","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}