Is CVE-2014-4040 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-4040 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-4040?

CVE-2014-4040 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-4040

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD

snap in powerpc-utils 1.2.20 produces an archive with fstab and yaboot.conf files potentially containing cleartext passwords, and lacks a warning about reviewing this archive to detect included passwords, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a technical-support data stream.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-310
EPSS score: 1.8% (79th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-3971)
Published: June 17, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3971 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

powerpc-utils project / powerpc-utils

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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