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CVE-2014-5336
Monkey HTTP Server before 1.5.3, when the File Descriptor Table (FDT) is enabled and custom error messages are set, allows remote…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Monkey HTTP Server before 1.5.3, when the File Descriptor Table (FDT) is enabled and custom error messages are set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via an HTTP request that triggers an error message.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 8 days later
· 8 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- monkey-webserver-dos(95336) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 69279 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 60783 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://monkey-project.com/Announcements/v1.5.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/monkey/monkey/commit/b2d0e6f92310bb14a15aa2f8e96e1fb5379776dd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140818 CVE request / advisory: Monkey web server <= v1.5.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140819 Re: CVE request / advisory: Monkey web server <= v1.5.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-2014-5225 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2014-5336)Record last updated .