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CVE-2014-1491

MEDIUMEPSS 91th pctl
4.3
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

Mozilla 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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
nssDebian
Fixed in:2:3.15.4-1CVE-2014-1491
Fixed in:2:3.15.4-1CVE-2014-1491
Fixed in:2:3.15.4-1CVE-2014-1491
Fixed in:2:3.15.4-1CVE-2014-1491
DeveloperEditionWindows application
Affected:24.3Fixed in:24.3Mozilla
Affected:27.0Fixed in:27.0Mozilla
Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application
Affected:24.3Fixed in:24.3Mozilla
Affected:27.0Fixed in:27.0Mozilla
Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application
Affected:24.3.0Fixed in:24.3.0Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.66%probability of exploitation in 30 days
91stpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 91% of all known CVEs.

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