CVE-2014-9218

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-12-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.7, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a long password.

Affected products

phpMyAdmin: 4.0.0, 4.0.0-rc2, 4.0.0-rc3, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3 (+47)

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3382
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:243
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-17.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71434
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99140
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/095729d81205f15f40d216d25917017da4c2fff8
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/1ac863c7573d12012374d5d41e5c7dc5505ea6e1
https://github.com/phpmyadmin/phpmyadmin/commit/62b2c918d26cc78d1763945e3d44d1a63294a819
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3382
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:243
http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2014-17.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71434

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