CVE-2014-6251

Published: Oct 25, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

6.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 6.8 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in CPUMiner before 2.4.1 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact by sending a mining.subscribe response with a large nonce2 length, then triggering the overflow with a mining.notify request.

Affected (1)

Products: Cpuminer Project: Cpuminer

Cpuminer Project

1 product

Cpuminer

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Cpuminer Project Cpuminer	Up to 2.4.0

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (2)

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/29

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Oct/29

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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