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CVE-2014-2037

Published: Nov 26, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-20
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.4%
Top 17.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Openswan 2.6.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon restart) via IKEv2 packets that lack expected payloads. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE 2013-6466.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

n/an/a
openswanxelerance
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / vpn-gateway
xelerancecommercialNetworking Infrastructureaka openswan

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/1
openwall.com
https://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2014-February/022898.html
lists.openswan.org
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/20/2
openwall.com
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Timeline

Published
Nov 26, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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