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CVE-2014-1453

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1453 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the NFS server component of FreeBSD versions 8.3 through 10.0. This flaw stems from an improper locking order when converting a directory file handle to a vnode, allowing authenticated remote attackers to trigger a deadlock. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low severity, as it requires authentication (Au:S) and only leads to a partial availability impact (A:P). 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
8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
8.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.04%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0204 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 21,977 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/57760
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/59034
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2952
freebsd.org / security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-14:05.nfsserver.asc
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/66726
securitytracker.com / id/1030041