CVE-2014-9016 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Drupal 7.x before 7.34 and the Secure Password Hashes module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.1. Attackers can exploit this flaw by sending a crafted request to the password hashing API, leading to excessive CPU and memory consumption. Rated with a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, resulting in a partial denial of service. While not on the CISA KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available, including a Metasploit module and an ExploitDB entry, indicating a high potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 7.0, < 7.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.x-2.0, < 6.x-2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:secure_password_hashes_project:secure_passwords_hashes:*:*:*:*:*:drupal:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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