CVE-2014-1491

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1491
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-02-06 05:44:25 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, SeaMonkey before 2.24, and other products, does not properly restrict public values in Diffie-Hellman key exchanges, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cryptographic protection mechanisms in ticket handling by leveraging use of a certain value.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-326 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2016-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple vulnerabilities in CTPView - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net Third Party Advisory
MFSA 2014-12: NSS ticket handling issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Thunderbird Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0248-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
nss: changeset 10965:12c42006aed8e96029c93abb8ebd2fb653f1bd3b af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.mozilla.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA56922 - SUSE update for Multiple Mozilla Packages - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: thunderbird-24.3.0-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2994-1 nss af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: thunderbird-24.3.0-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA56888 - Ubuntu update for firefox - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Seamonkey Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Not Applicable
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:0213-1: important: Mozilla updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2014 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:0212-1: important: Mozilla Firefox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-2119-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
USN-2102-2: Firefox regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2858-1 iceweasel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:0419-1: important: Mozilla updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA56858 - Debian update for iceweasel - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Mozilla Network Security Services CVE-2014-1491 Unspecified Security Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Full Disclosure: NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Not Applicable
VMSA-2014-0012 | United States af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Not Applicable
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-2102-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
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