# CVE-2014-0762: CG Automation ePAQ-9410 Substation Gateway Improper Input Validation

> An attacker can cause a denial of service in the CG Automation ePAQ-9410 Substation Gateway by sending malformed DNP3 input, requiring a manual restart.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Aug 2014
- **Updated:** 19 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fv3c-2w3v-8v8j

## What is CVE-2014-0762?

CVE-2014-0762 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in CG Automation ePAQ-9410 Substation Gateway, published on 28 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The CG Automation Software DNP3 driver, used in the ePAQ-9410 Substation
 Gateway products, does not validate input correctly. An attacker could 
cause the software to go into an infinite loop, causing the process to 
crash. The system must be restarted manually to clear the condition.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0762?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qeiinc Epaq-9410 Substation Gateway.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0762?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-0762 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-0762 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0762 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CG Automation ePAQ-9410 Substation Gateway

- [CVE-2014-0761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0761/): CG Automation ePAQ-9410 Substation Gateway Improper Input Validation (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0762 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0762 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in CG Automation ePAQ-9410 Substation Gateway, published on 28 Aug 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0762 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CG Automation ePAQ-9410 Substation Gateway. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0762/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0762/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0762
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0762
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0762

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0762/
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