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CVE-2014-8154

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-8154 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Gst.MapInfo function of Vala versions 0.26.0 and 0.26.1, affecting products like GNOME Vala and openSUSE. This flaw, stemming from an incorrect buffer length declaration in Gstreamer bindings, carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity to cause a denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.26.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:vala:0.26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.26.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:vala:0.26.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0280 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 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)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-8154Important

Vala: Heap-buffer overflow in vala-gstreamer bindings at Gst.MapInfo()

Jan 13, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00069.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi