Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-2037 · published 26 November 2014

CVE-2014-2037: Xelerance openswan improper input validation vulnerability

XXelerance · Openswan

Openswan 2.6.40 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and IKE daemon restart) via IKEv2 packets that lack expected payloads. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE 2013-6466.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 2.4% · top 16.4% CWE-20 · Improper input validation

5.0CVSS 2.0 base score

2.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

8References

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

XOpenswan Xelerance

References

Link	Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/20/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65629
https://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2014-February/022898.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/18/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/20/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65629
https://lists.openswan.org/pipermail/users/2014-February/022898.html	Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-2037), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.