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CVE-2014-4502 Details

Description

Multiple 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/119	CVE
https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/commit/e1c5050734123973b99d181c45e74b2cbb00272e	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer/commit/ff7f30129f15f7a2213f8ced0cd65c9a331493d9	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/commit/bac5831b355f916e0696b7bbcccfc51c057b729a	CVE	ExploitPatch
https://github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/issues/258	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68831	CVE
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/119	[email protected]
https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/commit/e1c5050734123973b99d181c45e74b2cbb00272e	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer/commit/ff7f30129f15f7a2213f8ced0cd65c9a331493d9	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/commit/bac5831b355f916e0696b7bbcccfc51c057b729a	[email protected]	ExploitPatch
https://github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/issues/258	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68831	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
bfgminer bfgminer	<= 4.0.0 <= 3.2.9 3.2.0 3.2.1 3.2.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:bfgminer:bfgminer:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:bfgminer:bfgminer:3.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:bfgminer:bfgminer:3.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:bfgminer:bfgminer:3.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:bfgminer:bfgminer:3.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:bfgminer:bfgminer:3.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:bfgminer:bfgminer:3.2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:bfgminer:bfgminer:3.2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:bfgminer:bfgminer:3.2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:bfgminer:bfgminer:3.2.8:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
sgminer project sgminer	<= 4.2.1 4.0.0 4.1.0 4.1.153 4.1.242
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.1.153:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.1.242:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.1.271:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sgminer_project:sgminer:4.2.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 28, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
May 14, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 23, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]