CVE-2014-5419
GE Multilink ML800, ML1200, ML1600, and ML2400 switches with firmware 4.2.1 and earlier and Multilink ML810, ML3000, and ML3100 switches with firmware 5.2.0 and earlier use the same RSA private key across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain the cleartext content of network traffic by reading this key from a firmware image and then sniffing the network.
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-321
- EPSS score
- 2.4% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-5307)
- Published
- January 17, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-5307 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on November 4, 2025.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- ge / multilink ml1200
- ge / multilink ml1200 firmware
- ge / multilink ml1600
- ge / multilink ml1600 firmware
- ge / multilink ml2400
- ge / multilink ml2400 firmware
- ge / multilink ml3000
- ge / multilink ml3000 firmware
- ge / multilink ml3100
- ge / multilink ml3100 firmware
- ge / multilink ml800
- ge / multilink ml800 firmware
- ge / multilink ml810
- ge / multilink ml810 firmware
References
- http://www.gedigitalenergy.com/products/support/multilink/MLSB1214.pdf(Vendor Advisory)
- https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF/blob/develop/csaf_files/OT/white/2015/icsa-15-013-04a.json
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-15-013-04(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-15-013-04a
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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