# CVE-2014-7992: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can obtain sensitive credential information from process memory via TCP port 2067 due to uninitialized packet buffers in Cisco IOS.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Nov 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p6vm-9vwg-8vxw

## What is CVE-2014-7992?

CVE-2014-7992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 18 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The DLSw implementation in Cisco IOS does not initialize packet buffers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive credential information from process memory via a session on TCP port 2067, aka Bug ID CSCur14014.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-7992?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Ios.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-7992?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-7992 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-7992 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-7992 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Cisco DLSw Information Disclosure Scanner (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Ios

- [CVE-2017-12240](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12240/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software DHCP Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-3881](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3881/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2018-0167](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0167/): Cisco IOS, XR, and XE Software Buffer Overflow (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-6736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6736/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2017-6737](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6737/): Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software SNMP Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-7992 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-7992 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Ios, published on 18 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-7992 exists.

Affected product: Cisco Ios. 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-2014-7992/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-7992/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7992
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7992
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-7992

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