CVE-2014-6283

Exp

SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE) 15.7 before SP122 or SP63, 15.5 before ESD#5.4, and 15.0.3 before ESD#4.4 does not properly restrict access, which allows remote authenticated database users to (1) overwrite the master encryption key or (2) trigger a buffer overflow via a crafted RPC message to the hacmpmsgxchg function, and possibly other vectors.

Published: 2014-10-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-6283 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.15%). Core evidence: 2 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-2014-6283

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-6283

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 0.86% 1.15% +0.28%
2 2025-03-30 0.64% 0.86% +0.22%
3 2025-03-29 0.64%

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-6283

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-6283

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-6283

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sybase adaptive_server_enterprise 15.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:sybase:adaptive_server_enterprise:15.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sybase adaptive_server_enterprise 15.5 cpe:2.3:a:sybase:adaptive_server_enterprise:15.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sybase adaptive_server_enterprise 15.7 cpe:2.3:a:sybase:adaptive_server_enterprise:15.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-6283

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