CVE-2014-5501

Stack-based buffer overflow in the diagnose service in the Sophos Cyberoam appliances with CyberoamOS before 10.6.1 GA allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted webpage or file.

Published: 2014-10-07 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5501 is rated High Risk (70.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.67%, 90th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +1.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5501

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 5.34% 6.67% +1.32%
2 2025-03-29 6.67% 5.34% -1.32%
3 2025-03-23 — 6.67% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5501

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5501

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5501

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cyberoam cyberoam_os <= 10.4 cpe:2.3:o:cyberoam:cyberoam_os:*:ga:*:*:*:*:*:*
cyberoam cyberoam_os <= 10.6.1 cpe:2.3:o:cyberoam:cyberoam_os:*:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5501

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