CVE-2014-5501 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability within the diagnose service of Sophos Cyberoam appliances running CyberoamOS prior to version 10.6.1 GA. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by delivering a specially crafted webpage or file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating high severity, the vulnerability poses a significant risk of complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 84/100 underscores its potential danger.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 10.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cyberoam:cyberoam_os:*:ga:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 10.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:cyberoam:cyberoam_os:*:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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