CVE-2014-0160
OpenSSL Information Disclosure Vulnerability
What is affected
| Vendor | OpenSSL |
|---|---|
| Product | OpenSSL |
| Weakness | CWE-125 |
The vulnerability
The TLS and DTLS implementations in OpenSSL do not properly handle Heartbeat Extension packets, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 25 May 2022 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.
Where this comes from
Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 11 Nov 2026, 21:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.