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CVE-2014-9424

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9424 describes a double free vulnerability in LibreSSL versions prior to 2.1.2, specifically within the ssl_parse_clienthello_use_srtp_ext function, impacting OpenBSD LibreSSL. This flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 7.5, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts by exploiting a length-verification error during a DTLS handshake. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openbsd:libressl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0180 is in the 59th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9424Moderate

libressl: Double-free in ssl_parse_clienthello_use_srtp_ext() function

Dec 29, 2014

References

code.google.com / p/google-security-research/issues/detail
github.com / robertbachmann/openbsd-libssl/commit/62a110d447bb8c16a4c69629e28a42e8c39fd7e0