Is CVE-2014-8602 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-8602 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-8602?

CVE-2014-8602 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-8602?

CVE-2014-8602 has an EPSS score of 25.20% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-8602

MEDIUMEPSS 98th pctl

4.3

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

iterator.c in NLnet Labs Unbound before 1.5.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large or infinite number of referrals.

CWE-399

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

25.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html
http://unbound.net/downloads/patch_cve_2014_8602.diff
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3097
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71589
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2484-1
https://unbound.net/downloads/CVE-2014-8602.txt

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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 2026-05-06.