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CVE-2014-0160 OpenSSL CVE debrief

CVE-2014-0160 is listed by CISA as a Known Exploited Vulnerability affecting OpenSSL and described as an information disclosure issue. Because it appears in the KEV catalog, defenders should treat it as actively exploited and prioritize remediation over routine patch queues. CISA's KEV entry states the required action is to apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vendor
OpenSSL
Product
OpenSSL
CVSS
HIGH 5
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-05-04
Original CVE updated
2022-05-04
Advisory published
2022-05-04
Advisory updated
2022-05-04

Who should care

Security teams running any OpenSSL-dependent servers, appliances, libraries, or applications; vulnerability management teams; incident responders; and asset owners responsible for internet-facing or high-value systems.

Technical summary

The supplied source corpus identifies CVE-2014-0160 as an OpenSSL information disclosure vulnerability and records it in CISA's KEV catalog. The KEV metadata marks it as known exploited, sets a due date of 2022-05-25, and directs affected organizations to apply vendor updates. No additional technical exploitation details are provided in the corpus.

Defensive priority

Critical — immediate remediation and verification

Recommended defensive actions

  • Inventory systems and applications that use OpenSSL.
  • Prioritize internet-facing, externally reachable, and high-value assets first.
  • Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations as directed by the product maintainer.
  • Validate remediation by rescanning affected assets and confirming the vulnerable OpenSSL version is no longer present.
  • Monitor for abnormal activity on systems that were exposed before remediation.

Evidence notes

Evidence is limited to the supplied CISA KEV record and official references. CISA's metadata names OpenSSL as the vendor/project and product, describes the issue as an information disclosure vulnerability, lists it as known exploited, and records a due date of 2022-05-25 with the required action 'Apply updates per vendor instructions.' The KEV metadata also marks knownRansomwareCampaignUse as 'Unknown'.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2014-0160 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0160

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2014-0160 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0160

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.first.org/epss/

    first_epss

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.