CVE-2014-2994

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 23.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-04-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 8 build 20120704 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML file containing an IMG element with a long URL (src attribute).

Affected products

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner: 8-build_20120704

References

http://an7isec.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/pown-noobs-acunetix-0day.html
http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/pwning-script-kiddies-acunetix-buffer-overflow/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126306/Acunetix-8-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126307/Acunetix-8-Scanner-Buffer-Overflow.html
http://www.acunetix.com/blog/news/misleading-reports-0-day-acunetix-wvs/
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32997
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaMx8K1GeM
http://an7isec.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/pown-noobs-acunetix-0day.html
http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/pwning-script-kiddies-acunetix-buffer-overflow/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126306/Acunetix-8-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126307/Acunetix-8-Scanner-Buffer-Overflow.html
http://www.acunetix.com/blog/news/misleading-reports-0-day-acunetix-wvs/

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