CVE-2014-8016

high

Description

The Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliance (ESA) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via long Subject headers in e-mail messages, aka Bug ID CSCzv93864.

References

http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2014-8016

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-12-19

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00474