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TI-2014-07485 Aliases CVE-2014-9221GHSA-r7v4-h67j-q6qx

strongSwan 4.5.x through 5.2.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

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Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

strongSwan 4.5.x through 5.2.x before 5.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference) via a crafted IKEv2 Key Exchange (KE) message with Diffie-Hellman (DH) group 1025.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03823 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 25

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.0VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.1VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.2VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.5.3VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.0VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.1VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.2VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.3VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.4VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.0VulnerablestrongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.0 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.1 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.2 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.5.3 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.0 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.1 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.2 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.3 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.4 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.0 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
Show 15 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.1VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.2VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.3VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.0.4VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1.0VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1.1VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1.2VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1.3VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2.0VulnerablestrongSwan
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.1VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.2VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*14.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*14.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*21VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.1 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.2 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.3 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0.4 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.0 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.1 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.2 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.3 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:a:strongswan:strongswan:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2.0 Vulnerable ·strongSwan
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 14.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 14.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-9221
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r7v4-h67j-q6qx
  3. 2026-10-21 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile
  4. 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
  5. 2026-10-27 EPSS moved to the 90th–95th percentile

References

Advisory 5

Other 1

Sources

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