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CVE-2014-8566
The mod_auth_mellon module before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (segmentation…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 2.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The mod_auth_mellon module before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via unspecified vectors related to a "session overflow" involving "sessions overlapping in memory."
Timeline
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By mitre
- 15 days later
· 15 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 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% 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 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1803.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1803 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/releases/tag/v0.8.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 62094 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 62125 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [modmellon] 20141103 Information disclosure vulnerability in version 0.8.0 of mod_auth_mellon (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-2014-8403 (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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