{"cve":"CVE-2014-0016","nvd":{"published":"2014-03-24T16:31:08.447","modified":"2026-06-17T00:02:05.723","status":"Modified","description":"stunnel before 5.00, when using fork threading, does not properly update the state of the OpenSSL pseudo-random number generator (PRNG), which causes subsequent children with the same process ID to use the same entropy pool and allows remote attackers to obtain private keys for EC (ECDSA) or DSA certificates.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-332"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/05/1","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65964","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=870826&action=diff","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072180","https://www.stunnel.org/sdf_ChangeLog.html"],"products":["stunnel:stunnel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:32:06.812358378+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-0016","score":0.02155,"percentile":0.82174,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}