CVE-2014-7992

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 27.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-11-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The DLSw implementation in Cisco IOS does not initialize packet buffers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive credential information from process memory via a session on TCP port 2067, aka Bug ID CSCur14014.

Affected products

Cisco IOS: all versions

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-7992
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36453
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71145
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031220
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98724
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-7992
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36453
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71145
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031220
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98724

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