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CVE-2014-9721

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9721 describes a downgrade vulnerability in libzmq versions prior to 4.0.6 and 4.1.1, allowing remote attackers to bypass ZMTP v3 security by forcing a connection to an older, less secure protocol version. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, but no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zeromq:zeromq:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:zeromq:zeromq:4.1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0253 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9721Important

zeromq: protocol downgrade attack on sockets using the ZMTP v3 protocol

Dec 4, 2014

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/159176.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00018.html
github.com / zeromq/libzmq/issues/1273
github.com / zeromq/zeromq4-x/commit/b6e3e0f601e2c1ec1f3aac880ed6a3fe63043e51
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3255