CVE-2014-0980

Exp

Buffer overflow in Poster Software PUBLISH-iT 3.6d allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PUI file.

Published: 2014-02-11 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-0980 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 81.61%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-0980

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
36437 exploit_db edb 2015-03-19 Exploit-DB ↗
36104 exploit_db edb 2015-02-18 Exploit-DB ↗
31524 exploit_db edb 2014-02-08 Exploit-DB ↗
31461 exploit_db edb 2014-02-06 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0980

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-03 82.16% 81.61% -0.55%
2 2025-03-23 84.07% 82.16% -1.91%
3 2025-03-17 84.07%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0980

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0980

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0980

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
poster_software publish_it 3.6d cpe:2.3:a:poster_software:publish_it:3.6d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0980

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