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CVE-2014-3285

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3285 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) versions 5.3(.5a) and earlier, specifically when SharePoint acceleration is enabled. Attackers can trigger an application-optimization handler reload by sending a crafted SharePoint application, leading to service disruption. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in partial availability impact. 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
<= 5.3\(.5a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1\(.1\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.1\(.1\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1\(.1a\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.1\(.1a\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1\(.1b\)CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cisco:wide_area_application_services:5.1\(.1b\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0297 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/58806
Permissions Required
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-3285
Vendor Advisory
tools.cisco.com / security/center/viewAlert.x
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/67696
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1030307
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry