CVE-2014-8132

Double free vulnerability in the ssh_packet_kexinit function in kex.c in libssh 0.5.x and 0.6.x before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted kexinit packet.

Published: 2014-12-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-8132 is rated Moderate Risk (54.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.15%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.36% 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-2014-8132

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 2.78% 5.15% +2.36%
2 2026-05-13 3.29% 2.78% -0.51%
3 2025-12-28 — 3.29% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8132

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-2014-8132

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-8132

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-8132 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libssh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8132
gentoo normal CVE-2014-8132: 1 GLSA(s) (201606-12), 2 atom(s) (net-libs/libssh, net-libs/libssh2); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-8132
suse medium CVE-2014-8132 severity moderate: SUSE including 287 source package names (14.28:libssh4-0.6.3-4.1, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 356 product×package rows across 51 product lines (Container suse/sles12sp4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2, … (51 product lines)): Fixed 168, Known Affected 157, Known Not Affected 31. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8132/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-8132 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libssh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8132

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-8132

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/415.html">CWE-415: Double Free</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8132

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libssh libssh 0.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libssh libssh 0.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:libssh:libssh:0.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 19 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 20 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 21 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8132

URL Tags
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0014.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147367.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147452.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/147464.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00007.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60838
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3488 Third Party Advisory
http://www.libssh.org/2014/12/19/libssh-0-6-4-security-and-bugfix-release/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:020 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2478-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158089 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-12 Third Party Advisory
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