CVE-2014-9708
Embedthis Appweb before 4.6.6 and 5.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a Range header with an empty value, as demonstrated by "Range: x=,".
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 56.2%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Embedthis Appweb before 4.6.6 and 5.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a Range header with an empty value, as demonstrated by "Range: x=,".
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 56.19% probability · 99th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- oracle/enterprise communications broker · embedthis/appweb · juniper/junos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 56.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131157/Appweb-Web-Server-Denial-Of-Service.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/19Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/158Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/28/2Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/06/2Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535028/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/535028/100/1400/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73407Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037007Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/commit/7e6a925f5e86a19a7934a94bbd6959101d0b84eb#diff-7ca4d62c70220e0e226e7beac90c95d9L17348Broken Link, Patch
- https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/issues/413Broken Link, Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2014-9708Third Party Advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2021-07-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Multiple-J-Web-vulnerabilities-resolved?language=en_USThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131157/Appweb-Web-Server-Denial-Of-Service.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Apr/19Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/158Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/28/2Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/06/2Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535028/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/535028/100/1400/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73407Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037007Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/commit/7e6a925f5e86a19a7934a94bbd6959101d0b84eb#diff-7ca4d62c70220e0e226e7beac90c95d9L17348Broken Link, Patch
- https://github.com/embedthis/appweb/issues/413Broken Link, Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2014-9708Third Party Advisory
- https://supportportal.juniper.net/s/article/2021-07-Security-Bulletin-Junos-OS-Multiple-J-Web-vulnerabilities-resolved?language=en_USThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.