CVE-2014-2994

critical

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 8 build 20120704 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML file containing an IMG element with a long URL (src attribute).

References

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaMx8K1GeM

http://www.acunetix.com/blog/news/misleading-reports-0-day-acunetix-wvs/

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126307/Acunetix-8-Scanner-Buffer-Overflow.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126306/Acunetix-8-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html

http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/pwning-script-kiddies-acunetix-buffer-overflow/

http://an7isec.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/pown-noobs-acunetix-0day.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-04-27

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H