CVE-2014-2842

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.

Published: 2014-04-15 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2842

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2842

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2842

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2842

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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2842

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