CVE-2014-9166 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in Adobe ColdFusion via resource consumption, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not stated
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2014-9166?
CVE-2014-9166 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 10 Dec 2014. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Adobe ColdFusion 10 before Update 15 and 11 before Update 3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9166?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Coldfusion.
How do I fix CVE-2014-9166?
No fix has been published for CVE-2014-9166 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2014-9166 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9166 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2023-29300 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2023-26359 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2018-15961 Adobe ColdFusion Unrestricted File Upload
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f3qx-rcr8-qm9j.