CVE-2014-7222
Buffer overflow in TeamSpeak Client 3.0.14 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause...
Buffer overflow in TeamSpeak Client 3.0.14 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) by connecting to a channel with a different client instance, and placing crafted data in the Chat/Server tab with two \ (backslash) characters, a digit, a \ (backslash) character, and "z" in a series of nested img BBCODE tags.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer overflow in TeamSpeak Client 3.0.14 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) by connecting to a channel with a different client instance, and placing crafted data in the Chat/Server tab with two \ (backslash) characters, a digit, a \ (backslash) character, and "z" in a series of nested img BBCODE tags.
- Record
CVE-2014-7222- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer overflow in TeamSpeak Client 3.0.14 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) by connecting to a channel with a different client instance, and placing crafted data in the Chat/Server tab with two \ (backslash) characters, a digit, a \ (backslash) character, and "z" in a series of nested img BBCODE tags.
- Record
CVE-2014-7222- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-7094 No score
Buffer overflow in TeamSpeak Client 3.0.14 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) by connecting to a channel with a different client instance, and placing crafted data in the Chat/Server tab with two \ (backslash) characters, a digit, a \ (backslash) character, and "z" in a series of nested img BBCODE tags.
- Record
EUVD-2014-7094- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9m55-xp9c-83v7
Buffer overflow in TeamSpeak Client 3.0.14 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause...
Buffer overflow in TeamSpeak Client 3.0.14 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (application crash) by connecting to a channel with a different client instance, and placing crafted data in the Chat/Server tab with two \ (backslash) characters, a digit, a \ (backslash) character, and "z" in a series of nested img BBCODE tags.
- Record
GHSA-9m55-xp9c-83v7- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | TeamSpeak Client 3.0.14 - Buffer Overflow | 2014-10-02 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-7222 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Teamspeak Teamspeak3, published January 8, 2018. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.0%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/70219
r4p3.net/public/ts3bbcodefreeze.txt
packetstormsecurity.com/files/128571/TeamSpeak-Client-3.0.14-Buffer-Overflow.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96890
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7222
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9m55-xp9c-83v7