CVE-2014-2980

Exp

Tools/gdomap.c in gdomap in GNUstep Base 1.24.6 and earlier, when run in daemon mode, does not properly handle the file descriptor for the logger, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort) via an invalid request.

Published: 2014-04-28 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-2980 is rated Exploit Available (58.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.04%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2014-2980

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-2980

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 2025-07-25 1.38% 1.04% -0.34%
2 2025-03-30 1.47% 1.38% -0.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.47% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-2980

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:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-2980

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-2980

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-2980 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (gnustep-base), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2980
gentoo normal CVE-2014-2980: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-20), 1 atom(s) (gnustep-base/gnustep-base); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-2980
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-2980 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gnustep-base), 16 status rows across 16 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 7, not-affected 7, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2980

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-2980

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnustep base <= 1.24.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnustep:base:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-2980

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