CVE-2014-3976

Exp

Buffer overflow in A10 Networks Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS) before 2.7.0-p6 and 2.7.1 before 2.7.1-P1_55 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long session id in the URI to sys_reboot.html. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3976 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.65%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2014-3976

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
32702 exploit_db edb 2014-04-04 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3976

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 33.46% 11.65% -21.81%
2 2026-01-19 34.98% 33.46% -1.52%
3 2025-03-30 34.98%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3976

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/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: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:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3976

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3976

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
a10networks advanced_core_operating_system 2.7.0 cpe:2.3:o:a10networks:advanced_core_operating_system:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
a10networks advanced_core_operating_system 2.7.1 cpe:2.3:o:a10networks:advanced_core_operating_system:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3976

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