CVE-2014-2206
Stack-based buffer overflow in GetGo Download Manager 4.9.0.1982, 4.8.2.1346, 4.4.5.502, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 61.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in GetGo Download Manager 4.9.0.1982, 4.8.2.1346, 4.4.5.502, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP Response Header.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- GetGo Download Manager HTTP Response Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/getgodm_http_response_bofRank normaldisclosed 9 Mar 2014
Exploit-DB1 entry
- GetGo Download Manager 4.9.0.1982 - HTTP Response Header Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32132remote, windowspublished 9 Mar 2014Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 7 days later
· 7 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 61.4% · top 0.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- 20140302 [CVE-2014-2206] GetGo Download Manager HTTP Response Header Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.rcesecurity.com/2014/03/cve-2014-2206-getgo-download-manager-http-response-header-buffer-overflow-remote-code-execution (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 65913 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-2246 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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