Hosted Collaboration SolutionApplication · Cisco
CVE-2014-2122
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMemory leak in the GUI in the Impact server in Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCub58999.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA memory leak exists in the GUI component of the Impact server in Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution (HCS). Remote attackers can exploit unspecified vectors to trigger excessive memory consumption, leading to denial of service. The vulnerability allows attackers to continuously consume server memory until the system becomes unresponsive.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Hosted Collaboration SolutionApplication
all versionsCVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Cisco HCS installationIdentify if the system runs Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution by checking for HCS-specific processes, services, or installation directories. Query the system for Cisco HCS components using system inventory tools or check for Cisco HCS-specific services.Affected if The system is running any version of Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution (all versions are affected)
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Identify Impact server componentLocate and confirm the Impact server component is installed and running on the HCS system. Check for processes named 'Impact' or related services in the Cisco HCS environment. Review HCS component listings or configuration files that enumerate installed services.Affected if The Impact server component is present and running as part of Cisco HCS
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Check Impact server GUI accessibilityVerify whether the Impact server GUI interface is network-accessible. Check firewall rules, listening ports on the system, and access control lists that govern exposure of the Impact GUI service.Affected if The Impact server GUI is exposed to network access (this is the attack vector for the memory leak)
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Monitor Impact server memory usageUse system monitoring tools (such as top, ps, or Windows Task Manager depending on OS) to observe memory consumption by the Impact server process over time. Compare current memory usage against baseline and note if it grows abnormally without release.Affected if Memory usage of the Impact server process continuously increases without leveling off, indicating the memory leak is active
A system is affected if it runs Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution with the Impact server component enabled and exposed, exhibiting abnormal memory growth in the Impact server process.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor patch from Cisco for bug ID CSCub58999 when available. Until then, consider network segmentation to limit exposure and monitor memory usage on affected Impact servers.
Fix this in Hosted Collaboration Solution
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2014-2122 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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