# CVE-2014-9218: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause denial of service in phpMyAdmin by submitting a long password, leading to resource consumption.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/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:** 8 Dec 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9218, GHSA-756j-8p5m-2p7m, MGASA-2014-0510, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9218

## What is CVE-2014-9218?

CVE-2014-9218 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 8 Dec 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

libraries/common.inc.php in phpMyAdmin 4.0.x before 4.0.10.7, 4.1.x before 4.1.14.8, and 4.2.x before 4.2.13.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a long password.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9218?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-9218?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2014-9218 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9218 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- phpMyAdmin 4.0.x/4.1.x/4.2.x - Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin

- [CVE-2008-7251](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7251/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-7252](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7252/): phpMyAdmin unsafely handles temporary files (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-0203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0203/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-1147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-1147/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2020-22452](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-22452/): phpmyadmin contains SQL Injection vulnerability (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-9218 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-9218 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin, published on 8 Dec 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-2014-9218 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Phpmyadmin Phpmyadmin. 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-2014-9218/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9218/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9218
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9218
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-9218

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-9218/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.