CVE-2014-9018

Exp

Icecast before 2.4.1 transmits the output of the on-connect script, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, related to shared file descriptors.

Published: 2014-12-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-9018 is rated High Exploit Risk (67/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.96%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.12% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-9018

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-9018

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 0.84% 2.96% +2.12%
2 2025-03-30 1.13% 0.84% -0.28%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.13% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-9018

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:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-9018

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-9018

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-9018 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (icecast2), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9018
gentoo high CVE-2014-9018: 1 GLSA(s) (201412-38), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/icecast); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-9018
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-9018 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (icecast2), 10 status rows across 10 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 5, released 3, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9018

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-9018

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
icecast icecast <= 2.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:icecast:icecast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-9018

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