Buffer overflow in the SAP NetWeaver Dispatcher in SAP Kernel 7.00 32-bit and 7.40 64-bit allows remote authenticated users to cause a denia
Buffer overflow in the SAP NetWeaver Dispatcher in SAP Kernel 7.00 32-bit and 7.40 64-bit allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to the ABAP VM, aka SAP Note 2059734.
- Published
- Jan 15, 2015
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 2.4% · 83th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-119
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Report tools
Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 2.4%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| sap | sap kernel | cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- sap sap kernel7.00
- sap sap kernel7.40
Same product
sap: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
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- CVE-2018-2360SAP Startup Service, SAP KERNEL 7.45, 7.49, and 7.52, is missing an authentication check for functionalities that require user identity and 31Monitor
- CVE-2019-0365SAP Kernel (RFC), KRNL32NUC, KRNL32UC and KRNL64NUC before versions 7.21, 7.21EXT, 7.22, 7.22EXT, KRNL64UC, before versions 7.21, 7.21EXT, 730Monitor
- CVE-2018-2433SAP Gateway (SAP KERNEL 32 NUC, SAP KERNEL 32 Unicode, SAP KERNEL 64 NUC, SAP KERNEL 64 Unicode 7.21, 7.21EXT, 7.22 and 7.22EXT; SAP KERNEL 30Monitor
- CVE-2017-5997The SAP Message Server HTTP daemon in SAP KERNEL 7.21-7.49 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and proc30Monitor
- CVE-2014-9595Buffer overflow in the SAP NetWeaver Dispatcher in SAP Kernel 7.00 32-bit and 7.40 64-bit allows remote authenticated users to cause a denia27Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment VariablesCAPEC-10likelihood: High · High
- Overflow BuffersCAPEC-100likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer ManipulationCAPEC-123likelihood: High · Very High
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer OverflowCAPEC-14likelihood: Medium · High
- Filter Failure through Buffer OverflowCAPEC-24likelihood: High · High
- MIME ConversionCAPEC-42likelihood: High · High
- Overflow Binary Resource FileCAPEC-44likelihood: High · Very High
- Buffer Overflow via Symbolic LinksCAPEC-45likelihood: High · High
ATT&CK techniques
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References
- secunia.com/advisories/62150
- erpscan.io/advisories/erpscan-14-025-sap-kernel-rce-dos/
- erpscan.io/press-center/blog/sap-critical-patch-update-december-2014/
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.