SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-1498

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…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.83%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.83%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
1.83% probability · 78th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-347
Affected
suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise server · suse/linux enterprise software development kit · oracle/solaris · opensuse/opensuse · opensuse project/opensuse · mozilla/seamonkey · mozilla/firefox
Source
security@mozilla.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.