Juniper ScreenOS 6.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and restart or failover) via a malformed SSL/TLS packet.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-2842 is rated Moderate Risk (57.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.94%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2025-03-30 | 0.97% | 0.94% | -0.03% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 0.94% | 0.97% | +0.03% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 0.94% | — |
Full EPSS history (5 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| juniper | screenos | <= 6.3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:screenos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | screenos | 5.4.0 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:screenos:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | screenos | 6.0.0 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:screenos:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | screenos | 6.1.0 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:screenos:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| juniper | screenos | 6.2.0 | cpe:2.3:o:juniper:screenos:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/57910 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/480428 | US Government Resource |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66802 | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030564 | |
| https://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10624 | Vendor Advisory |