Vulnerability Report

CVE-2014-3971

Title: Mongodb Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2014-3971.

CWE Category CWE-20
Published Date Dec 25, 2014
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
1.46%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2014-3971: The CmdAuthenticate::_authenticateX509 function in db/commands/authentication_commands.cpp in mongod in MongoDB 2.6.x before 2.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by attempting authentication with an invalid X.509 client certificate.

Impacted Vendors

M
mongodb 1
A
anynines 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/c151e0660b9736fe66b224f1129a16871165251b https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-13753 https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/commit/c151e0660b9736fe66b224f1129a16871165251b https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-13753
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2014-3971 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.