CVE-2014-1492
The cert_TestHostName function in lib/certdb/certdb.c in the certificate-checking implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.16 accepts a wildcard character that is embedded in
02 Description
The cert_TestHostName function in lib/certdb/certdb.c in the certificate-checking implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.16 accepts a wildcard character that is embedded in
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.75% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 77.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-03-25 01:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-01-16
- Assigning CNA
- mozilla
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ab81884eeacf7181be03bf9da121728385537534517f8131157345548afe1f0a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2994http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2994
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0599http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0629http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html
- developer.mozilla.orghttps://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/NSS/NSS_3.16_release_notes
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html
- www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-45.html
- www.securityfocus.com20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilitieshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:0727http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html
- secunia.com60621http://secunia.com/advisories/60621
- secunia.com60794http://secunia.com/advisories/60794
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201504-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
- secunia.com59866http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
- kb.juniper.nethttp://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
- bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=903885
- seclists.org20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilitieshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:0665http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html
- hg.mozilla.orghttps://hg.mozilla.org/projects/nss/rev/709d4e597979
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2185-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1079851
- www.securityfocus.com66356http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66356
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2159-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2159-1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-5829http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- nss Fixed in 2:3.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- nss Fixed in 2:3.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- nss Fixed in 2:3.16-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- firefox Fixed in 29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
- nss Fixed in 2:3.15.4-1ubuntu7
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.