Is CVE-2014-1878 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-1878 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-1878?

CVE-2014-1878 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-1878?

CVE-2014-1878 has an EPSS score of 3.13% (86th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1878?

Upgrade nagios3 on ubuntu 14.04 to 3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-1878

MEDIUMEPSS 86th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cmd_submitf function in cgi/cmd.c in Nagios Core, possibly 4.0.3rc1 and earlier, and Icinga before 1.8.6, 1.9 before 1.9.5, and 1.10 before 1.10.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a long message to cmd.cgi.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

nagios3Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1USN-3253-1

Fixed in:3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1USN-3253-1

nagios3-cgiUbuntu

Fixed in:3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1USN-3253-1

Fixed in:3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1USN-3253-1

nagios3-coreUbuntu

Fixed in:3.5.1-1ubuntu1.1USN-3253-1

Fixed in:3.5.1.dfsg-2.1ubuntu1.1USN-3253-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.13%probability of exploitation in 30 days

86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

dev.icinga.org

Vendor Advisory1

secunia.com

Other references5

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-29.