CVE-2014-2994
Stack-based buffer overflow in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 8 build 20120704 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 23.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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).
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Acunetix 8 build 20120704 - Remote Stack Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 32997remote, windowspublished 24 Apr 2014Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 32997 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
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- 3 days later
· 3 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)
- 23.3% · top 2.2% 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
7
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126306/Acunetix-8-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.acunetix.com/blog/news/misleading-reports-0-day-acunetix-wvs/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaMx8K1GeM (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32997 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://an7isec.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/pown-noobs-acunetix-0day.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126307/Acunetix-8-Scanner-Buffer-Overflow.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/pwning-script-kiddies-acunetix-buffer-overflow/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2014-3016 (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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