CVE-2014-4502

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4502
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-23 14:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple heap-based buffer overflows in the parse_notify function in sgminer before 4.2.2, cgminer before 4.3.5, and BFGMiner before 4.1.0 allow remote pool servers to have unspecified impact via a (1) large or (2) negative value in the Extranonc2_size parameter in a mining.subscribe response and a crafted mining.notify request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bfgminer Bfgminer 3.2.0 All All All
Application Bfgminer Bfgminer 3.2.1 All All All
Application Bfgminer Bfgminer 3.2.2 All All All
Application Bfgminer Bfgminer 3.2.3 All All All
Application Bfgminer Bfgminer 3.2.4 All All All
Application Bfgminer Bfgminer 3.2.5 All All All
Application Bfgminer Bfgminer 3.2.6 All All All
Application Bfgminer Bfgminer 3.2.7 All All All
Application Bfgminer Bfgminer 3.2.8 All All All
Application Bfgminer Bfgminer All All All All
Application Bfgminer Bfgminer All All All All
Application Sgminer Project Sgminer 4.0.0 All All All
Application Sgminer Project Sgminer 4.1.0 All All All
Application Sgminer Project Sgminer 4.1.153 All All All
Application Sgminer Project Sgminer 4.1.242 All All All
Application Sgminer Project Sgminer 4.1.271 All All All
Application Sgminer Project Sgminer 4.2.0 All All All
Application Sgminer Project Sgminer All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Do some random sanity checking for stratum message parsing · ckolivas/cgminer@e1c5050 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
Multiple Products 'parse_notify' Function Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bugfix: initiate_stratum: Ensure extranonce2 size is not negative (wh… · luke-jr/bfgminer@ff7f301 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
Extranonce2 size not checked properly · Issue #258 · sgminer-dev/sgminer · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Full Disclosure: CVE-2014-4502 : Invalid Handling of Length Parameter in Stratum mining.notify Message Leads to Heap Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Bugfix: initiate_stratum: Ensure extranonce2 size is not negative (wh… · sgminer-dev/sgminer@bac5831 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
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