CVE-2014-2994
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 23.3%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 8 build 20120704 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML file containing an IMG element with a long URL (src attribute).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 23.3% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-3016)
- Published
- April 27, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3016 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- acunetix / web vulnerability scanner
References
- http://an7isec.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/pown-noobs-acunetix-0day.html
- http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/pwning-script-kiddies-acunetix-buffer-overflow/
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126306/Acunetix-8-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126307/Acunetix-8-Scanner-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://www.acunetix.com/blog/news/misleading-reports-0-day-acunetix-wvs/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32997(Exploit)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaMx8K1GeM
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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