CVE-2014-3683
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.6%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in rsyslog before 7.6.7 and 8.x before 8.4.2 and sysklogd 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large priority (PRI) value. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3634.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 4.6% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-3629)
- Published
- November 2, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3629 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- rsyslog / rsyslog
- sysklogd project / sysklogd
- sysklogd project / sysklogd
- sysklogd project / sysklogd
- sysklogd project / sysklogd
- sysklogd project / sysklogd
- sysklogd project / sysklogd
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00021.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61494
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3047
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/30/15
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/03/1(Patch)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.rsyslog.com/remote-syslog-pri-vulnerability-cve-2014-3683/(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2381-1
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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