CVE-2014-4502
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the parse_notify function in sgminer before 4.2.2, cgminer before 4.3.5, and BFGMiner before 4.1.0 allow remote pool servers to have unspecified impact via a (1) large or (2) negative value in the Extranonc2_size parameter in a mining.subscribe response and a crafted mining.notify request.
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EPSS
Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0052 (0.5%)
Percentile: 66.7%
EPSS: 2026-05-06
Affects
bfgminer:bfgminersgminer_project:sgminerTechnical description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the parse_notify function in sgminer before 4.2.2, cgminer before 4.3.5, and BFGMiner before 4.1.0 allow remote pool servers to have unspecified impact via a (1) large or (2) negative value in the Extranonc2_size parameter in a mining.subscribe response and a crafted mining.notify request.
Published: 7/23/2014, 2:55:06 PM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/119
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68831
- https://github.com/ckolivas/cgminer/commit/e1c5050734123973b99d181c45e74b2cbb00272e
- https://github.com/luke-jr/bfgminer/commit/ff7f30129f15f7a2213f8ced0cd65c9a331493d9
- https://github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/commit/bac5831b355f916e0696b7bbcccfc51c057b729a
- https://github.com/sgminer-dev/sgminer/issues/258
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/119
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68831