CVE-2014-5336

Exp

Monkey HTTP Server before 1.5.3, when the File Descriptor Table (FDT) is enabled and custom error messages are set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via an HTTP request that triggers an error message.

Published: 2014-08-26 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5336 is rated Exploit Available (59/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.14%). 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-2014-5336

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5336

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 2025-11-22 1.51% 1.14% -0.37%
2 2025-03-30 1.68% 1.51% -0.17%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.68% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5336

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-2014-5336

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5336

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-5336 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (monkey), 10 status rows across 10 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 7, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5336

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5336

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
monkey-project monkey <= 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.4:2:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.20.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.20.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.20.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.20.3 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.21.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.21.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.30.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.30.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.31.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.32.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.32.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 0.33.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.33.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
monkey-project monkey 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5336

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