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CVE-2014-1878

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1878 describes a stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_submitf function within Nagios Core and Icinga, specifically affecting versions 4.0.3rc1 and earlier for Nagios Core, and Icinga before 1.8.6, 1.9.5, and 1.10.3. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) by sending a crafted, excessively long message to cmd.cgi. The CVSS score of 5.0 indicates a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial impact on availability. 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
<= 1.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icinga:icinga:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0313 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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 0.4 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 Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3Fixed in: nagios
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4Fixed in: nagios

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-1878Moderate

nagios: possible buffer overflows in cmd.cgi

Feb 11, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00033.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
dev.icinga.org / issues/5434
Patch
secunia.com / advisories/57024
Vendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00014.html
icinga.org / 2014/02/11/bugfix-releases-1-10-3-1-9-5-1-8-6
securityfocus.com / bid/65605