CVE-2014-2830

Stack-based buffer overflow in cifskey.c or cifscreds.c in cifs-utils before 6.4, as used in pam_cifscreds, allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

Published: 2015-03-31 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2830 is rated High Risk (74.3/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.18%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.28% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2830

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 2.90% 5.18% +2.28%
2 2025-11-23 3.69% 2.90% -0.80%
3 2025-07-12 — 3.69% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2830

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/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:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2830

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2830

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2014-2830 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cifs-utils), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2830
gentoo normal CVE-2014-2830: 1 GLSA(s) (201612-08), 1 atom(s) (net-fs/cifs-utils); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-2830
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-2830
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-2830 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cifs-utils), 12 status rows across 12 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 6, not-affected 4, DNE 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2830

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2830

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
debian cifs-utils <= 6.3 cpe:2.3:a:debian:cifs-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2830

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