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CVE-2014-8478

CVE detail

CVE-2014-8478

The web server on Siemens SCALANCE X-300 switches with firmware before 4.0 and SCALANCE X 408 switches with firmware before 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot) via malformed HTTP requests.

CVSS 7.8 · HighBuzz score 11.9

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 11.9

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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

6.9

1 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

5.0

1 sources across 1 categories

KEV score

0.0

No KEV entry observed

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

0 repos · best confidence N/A

Best PoC traction

Maximum stars on a matched PoC repo

Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions: 0; within the 30d window
Peak daily: 0; highest bucket

Evidence

Source links by recency

Newest mentions first

1 source links · newest first

Siemens Fixes Vulnerabilities in SCALANCE, SIMATIC SolutionsSecurityWeek
Siemens has released firmware updates to address various security holes affecting some SCALANCE industrial switches and SIMATIC controllers. SCALANCE switch vulnerabilities
newswww.securityweek.comJan 21, 2015, 2:27 PM

Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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0 repository references · best confidence N/A · max 0 stars

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External lookup

Potential internet exposure

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

Jan 21, 2015

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

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

CWE IDs

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 2.0 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Access Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Access Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Authentication (Au): None. The attacker does not need to authenticate.
Confidentiality Impact (C): None. There is no impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): None. There is no impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): Complete. There is a total impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

0 stored signals · no KEV · 0 OTX pulses