CVE-2014-9016

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 82.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-11-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The password hashing API in Drupal 7.x before 7.34 and the Secure Password Hashes (aka phpass) module 6.x-2.x before 6.x-2.1 for Drupal allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a crafted request.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0
Drupal: from 7.0 before 7.34 — fixed in 7.34
Secure Password Hashes Project Secure Passwords Hashes: from 6.x-2.0 before 6.x-2.1 — fixed in 6.x-2.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Drupal 7.34; Secure Password Hashes Project Secure Passwords Hashes 6.x-2.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/59164
http://secunia.com/advisories/59814
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3075
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/21
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/20/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/21/1
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-006
https://www.drupal.org/node/2378367
https://www.drupal.org/node/2378375
http://secunia.com/advisories/59164
http://secunia.com/advisories/59814
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3075

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