CVE-2014-9744

HIGH 7.8CVE-2014-9744 · Published 24/08/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-9744 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting polarssl (polarssl).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.0%, higher than 81.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
polarssl polarssl	`≤ 1.3.8`	No fix yet

Description

Memory leak in PolarSSL before 1.3.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of ClientHello messages. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2014-8628 per ADT3 due to different affected versions.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00079.html
polarssl.org/tech-updates/releases/polarssl-1.3.9-released · Patch

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