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CVE-2014-3683

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3683 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in rsyslog versions prior to 7.6.7 and 8.4.2, as well as sysklogd 1.5 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) by sending a specially crafted large priority (PRI) value. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector, low complexity, and a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.6.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:8.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:8.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rsyslog:rsyslog:8.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0459 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-3683Important

rsyslog: integer overflow in PRI parsing

Oct 2, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-10/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00020.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00021.html
secunia.com / advisories/61494
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-3047
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/09/30/15
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/10/03/1
Patch
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
rsyslog.com / remote-syslog-pri-vulnerability-cve-2014-3683
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2381-1