{"cve":"CVE-2014-2285","nvd":{"published":"2014-04-27T22:55:05.990","modified":"2026-06-17T00:06:21.217","status":"Modified","description":"The perl_trapd_handler function in perl/TrapReceiver/TrapReceiver.xs in Net-SNMP 5.7.3.pre3 and earlier, when using certain Perl versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (snmptrapd crash) via an empty community string in an SNMP trap, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference within the newSVpv function in Perl.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/12284","http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00060.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00061.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/59974"],"products":["net-snmp:net-snmp"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:32:06.812358378+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2014-2285","score":0.03298,"percentile":0.88513,"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."]}