CVE-2014-4044 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in OpenAFS 1.6.8, stemming from improper clearing of host structure fields during TMAY requests. This allows remote attackers to trigger uninitialized memory access, leading to a system crash. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with low complexity, resulting in 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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openafs:openafs:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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