Is CVE-2014-3694 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-3694 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-3694?

CVE-2014-3694 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.4 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-3694?

CVE-2014-3694 has an EPSS score of 2.35% (82th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3694?

Upgrade pidgin on debian 11 to 2.10.10-1 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-3694

MEDIUMEPSS 82th pctl

6.4

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The (1) bundled GnuTLS SSL/TLS plugin and the (2) bundled OpenSSL SSL/TLS plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 do not properly consider the Basic Constraints extension during verification of X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

CWE-310Cryptographic Issues

How to fix

Remediation Available

pidginDebian

Fixed in:2.10.10-1CVE-2014-3694

libpurple0Ubuntu

Fixed in:1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2USN-2390-1

pidginUbuntu

Fixed in:1:2.10.9-0ubuntu3.2USN-2390-1

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

2.35%probability of exploitation in 30 days

82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

pidgin.im

Third-Party Advisory4

Issue Tracking1

hg.pidgin.im

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-310 (Cryptographic Issues) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-3566	Low	3.4	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-4000	Low	3.7	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2015-0204	Medium	4.3	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-2107	Medium	5.9	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-0800	Medium	5.9	82%	-	Fix
CVE-2014-8684	Critical	9.8	72%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.