When was CVE-2014-2994 disclosed?

CVE-2014-2994 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 27, 2014, with the most recent update on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2014-2994 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-2994 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 98.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2014-2994?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2014-2994, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2014-2994

NONENVD 0.0

0.0

Stack-based buffer overflow in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 8 build 20120704 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTML file containing an IMG element with a long URL (src attribute).

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 98.2%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

cve@mitrehttp://an7isec.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/pown-noobs-acunetix-0day.html
cve@mitrehttp://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/pwning-script-kiddies-acunetix-buffer-overflow/
cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126306/Acunetix-8-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
cve@mitrehttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126307/Acunetix-8-Scanner-Buffer-Overflow.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.acunetix.com/blog/news/misleading-reports-0-day-acunetix-wvs/
cve@mitrehttp://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32997
cve@mitrehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaMx8K1GeM
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://an7isec.blogspot.co.il/2014/04/pown-noobs-acunetix-0day.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osandamalith.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/pwning-script-kiddies-acunetix-buffer-overflow/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126306/Acunetix-8-Stack-Buffer-Overflow.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126307/Acunetix-8-Scanner-Buffer-Overflow.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.acunetix.com/blog/news/misleading-reports-0-day-acunetix-wvs/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32997
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHaMx8K1GeM

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2014-2994?

EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.

Start Free Scan →Browse All CVEs

CVE-2014-2994

Published

Last Modified

References (14)

Frequently asked(4)

Dependency Blast Radius

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2014-2994?

CVE-2014-2994

📅 Published

🔄 Last Modified

🔗 References (14)

❓ Frequently asked(4)

Dependency Blast Radius

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2014-2994?

Published

Last Modified

References (14)

Frequently asked(4)