CVE-2014-4503

Exp

The parse_notify function in util.c in sgminer before 4.2.2 and cgminer 3.3.0 through 4.0.1 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to cause a denial of service (application exit) via a crafted (1) bbversion, (2) prev_hash, (3) nbit, or (4) ntime parameter in a mining.notify action stratum message.

Published: 2014-07-23 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-4503 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). 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-2014-4503

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-4503

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 0.36% 0.30% -0.06%
2 2025-03-29 0.30% 0.36% +0.06%
3 2025-03-27 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-4503

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-2014-4503

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-4503

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-4503 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cgminer), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 10, DNE 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4503

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-4503

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sgminer_project sgminer <= 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgminer_project sgminer 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgminer_project sgminer 4.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgminer_project sgminer 4.1.153 cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.1.153:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgminer_project sgminer 4.1.242 cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.1.242:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgminer_project sgminer 4.1.271 cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.1.271:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgminer_project sgminer 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 3.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 4.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cgminer_project cgminer 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:cgminer_project:cgminer:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-4503

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