# CVE-2014-2285: Null dereference in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the snmptrapd service by sending an SNMP trap with an empty community string, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Apr 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-2285, GHSA-vjgw-84x2-wchq

## What is CVE-2014-2285?

CVE-2014-2285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The perl_trapd_handler function in perl/TrapReceiver/TrapReceiver.xs in Net-SNMP 5.7.3.pre3 and earlier, when using certain Perl versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (snmptrapd crash) via an empty community string in an SNMP trap, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference within the newSVpv function in Perl.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-2285?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Net-Snmp Net-Snmp.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-2285?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-2285 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-2285 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2005-4837](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4837/): Use after free in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2005-1740](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-1740/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-5846](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-5846/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-18066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18066/): Null dereference in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2015-5621](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5621/): Memory corruption in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-2285 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-2285 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Apr 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-2014-2285 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2014-2285/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2285/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2285
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2285
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-2285

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2285/
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