CVE-2014-1498
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · CWE-347
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
The crypto.generateCRMFRequest method in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.25 does not properly validate a certain key type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors that trigger generation of a key that supports the Elliptic Curve ec-dual-use algorithm.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-18.htmlAdvisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=935618Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlAdvisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01Advisory