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CVE-2014-9697 high CVSS 7.5

Vulnerability in Huawei USG9560/9520/9580 (CVE-2014-9697)

Summary

Vulnerability in Huawei USG9560/9520/9580 (CVE-2014-9697). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Huawei USG9560/9520/9580 before V300R001C01SPC300 allows remote attackers to cause a memory leak or denial of service (memory exhaustion, reboot and MPU switchover) via a crafted website.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2014-9697 has been found in Huawei USG9560/9520/9580.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Huawei USG9560/9520/9580 CVE-2014-9697" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2014-9697 (Huawei USG9560/9520/9580) — CWE-400 / CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-400) exists in Huawei USG9560/9520/9580.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Huawei USG9560/9520/9580.

🔥 Severity

Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify
    Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.

    資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Huawei USG9560/9520/9580 を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。

  2. 2
    Post-deployment verification verify
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

References

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