CVE-2014-4502

10.0 · HIGH

Published Jul 23, 2014 bfgminer CWE-119 EPSS 3.30% (88th pctl) AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Overview

CVE-2014-4502 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting bfgminer bfgminer. It was published on July 23, 2014 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the parse_notify function in sgminer before 4.2.2, cgminer before 4.3.5, and BFGMiner before 4.1.0 allow remote pool servers to have unspecified impact via a (1) large or (2) negative value in the Extranonc2_size parameter in a mining.subscribe response and a crafted mining.notify request.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from bfgminer. Update bfgminer to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
bfgminer	bfgminer	0	Affected
sgminer_project	sgminer	0	Affected

References

Ref seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/119 Ref www.securityfocus.com/bid/68831 GitHub github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/commit/e1c5050734123973b99d181c45e74b2cbb00272e GitHub github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer/commit/ff7f30129f15f7a2213f8ced0cd65c9a331493d9 GitHub github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/commit/bac5831b355f916e0696b7bbcccfc51c057b729a GitHub github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/issues/258 Ref seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/119 Ref www.securityfocus.com/bid/68831 GitHub github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/commit/e1c5050734123973b99d181c45e74b2cbb00272e GitHub github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer/commit/ff7f30129f15f7a2213f8ced0cd65c9a331493d9

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2014-4502?

CVE-2014-4502 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting bfgminer bfgminer. It was published on July 23, 2014 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2014-4502?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0, rated HIGH. It can be exploited remotely over the network. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2014-4502?

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