CVE-2014-5419: Ge Multilink ML1200

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

GE Multilink ML800, ML1200, ML1600, and ML2400 switches with firmware 4.2.1 and earlier and Multilink ML810, ML3000, and ML3100 switches with firmware 5.2.0 and earlier use the same RSA private key across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain the cleartext content of network traffic by reading this key from a firmware image and then sniffing the network.

Affected products

  • Ge Multilink ML1200
  • Ge Multilink ML1200 Firmware: up to and including 4.2.1
  • Ge Multilink ML1600
  • Ge Multilink ML1600 Firmware: up to and including 4.2.1
  • Ge Multilink ML2400
  • Ge Multilink ML2400 Firmware: up to and including 4.2.1
  • Ge Multilink ML3000
  • Ge Multilink ML3000 Firmware: up to and including 5.2.0
  • Ge Multilink ML3100
  • Ge Multilink ML3100 Firmware: up to and including 5.2.0
  • Ge Multilink ML800
  • Ge Multilink ML800 Firmware: up to and including 4.2.1
  • Ge Multilink ML810
  • Ge Multilink ML810 Firmware: up to and including 5.2.0

Published 2015-01-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.