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CVE-2014-4502

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-4502 describes multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the parse_notify function of sgminer before 4.2.2, cgminer before 4.3.5, and BFGMiner before 4.1.0. This critical vulnerability, rated 10.0 CVSS, allows remote attackers to achieve complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity by sending crafted mining.subscribe responses and mining.notify requests. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bfgminer:bfgminer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.153CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.1.153:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0330 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/119
github.com / ckolivas/cgminer/commit/e1c5050734123973b99d181c45e74b2cbb00272e
ExploitPatch
github.com / luke-jr/bfgminer/commit/ff7f30129f15f7a2213f8ced0cd65c9a331493d9
ExploitPatch
github.com / sgminer-dev/sgminer/commit/bac5831b355f916e0696b7bbcccfc51c057b729a
ExploitPatch
github.com / sgminer-dev/sgminer/issues/258
securityfocus.com / bid/68831