CVE-2014-9222

critical

Published 2014-12-24 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

10.0

Description

AllegroSoft RomPager 4.34 and earlier, as used in Huawei Home Gateway products and other vendors and products, allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted cookie that triggers memory corruption, aka the "Misfortune Cookie" vulnerability.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_admin/http/allegro_rompager_auth_bypass rank 300

Allegro Software RomPager 'Misfortune Cookie' (CVE-2014-9222) Authentication Bypass

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

auxiliary_scanner/http/allegro_rompager_misfortune_cookie rank 300

Allegro Software RomPager 'Misfortune Cookie' (CVE-2014-9222) Scanner

Source fetch failed: fetch_error — view the original via the link above.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
allegrosoft	rompager	`{"endIncluding":"4.07"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-17

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.