CVE-2014-2716

Ekahau B4 staff badge tag 5.7 with firmware 1.4.52, Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Controller 6.0.5-FINAL, and Activator 3 reuses the RC4 cipher stream, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain plaintext messages via an XOR operation on two ciphertexts.

Published: 2014-12-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-2716 is rated Moderate Risk (42/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.36%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.04% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2716

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 2026-06-15 0.32% 1.36% +1.04%
2 2025-03-30 0.38% 0.32% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 0.38%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2716

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2716

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2716

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ekahau real-time_location_system_controller 6.0.5-final cpe:2.3:a:ekahau:real-time_location_system_controller:6.0.5-final:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekahau activator 3 cpe:2.3:a:ekahau:activator:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekahau b4_staff_badge_tag_firmware 1.4.52 cpe:2.3:o:ekahau:b4_staff_badge_tag_firmware:1.4.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2716

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