CVE-2014-8005

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-11-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in the lighttpd module in Cisco IOS XR 5.1 and earlier on Network Convergence System 6000 devices allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process reload) by establishing many TCP sessions, aka Bug ID CSCuq45239.

Affected products

Cisco IOS XR Software: through 5.1.0

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8005
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36532
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71287
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031262
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98937
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8005
http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=36532
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71287
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031262
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98937

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