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CVE-2014-2892

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
Severity7.5High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability6.26 %higher than 94% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

Heap-based buffer overflow in the get_answer function in mmsh.c in libmms before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long line in an MMS over HTTP (MMSH) server response.

CVSS

Base score
7.5
Version
2.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
6.26 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
94
Score date
10/24/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Libmms Project — Libmms

CWEs

References

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