CVE-2014-2891
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
strongSwan before 5.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon crash) via a crafted ID_DER_ASN1_DN ID payload.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-2914)
- Published
- May 7, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-2914 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
- strongswan / strongswan
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00066.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59864
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2922
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67212
- http://www.strongswan.org/blog/2014/05/05/strongswan-denial-of-service-vulnerability-%28cve-2014-2891%29.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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