CVE-2014-6229 affects Facebook HipHop Virtual Machine (HHVM) before version 3.3.0, specifically within the HashContext class. The vulnerability stems from an incorrect expectation that key strings are null-terminated, leading to out-of-bounds read access and potential truncation of strings containing internal null characters. This issue has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure (C:P) but not impacting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:facebook:hiphop_virtual_machine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.