high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2014-0160Heartbleed — OpenSSL Heartbeat Memory Disclosure

A missing length check in OpenSSL's heartbeat handling lets any remote attacker read 64 kilobytes of server memory at a time — private keys, session cookies, passwords — while leaving nothing behind in the logs.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade OpenSSL to 1.0.1g or later, then replace every certificate and rotate every credential the server held.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.5/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
100%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2014-04-07
Added to KEV
2022-05-04
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
medium
Kill chain
credential access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attacker needsNetwork access to a service built on a vulnerable OpenSSL version

Fixed inOpenSSL >= 1.0.1g

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2014-0160 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07