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CVE-2014-9744

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

Memory leak in PolarSSL before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of ClientHello messages. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2014-8628 per ADT3 due to different affected versions.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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 (2)

Opensuse — OpensusePolarssl — Polarssl

CWEs

References

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