{"id":"CVE-2014-7274","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-7274","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:41:33.676Z","title":"The IMAP-over-SSL implementation in getmail 4.44.0 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof IMAP servers and obtain…","description":"The IMAP-over-SSL implementation in getmail 4.44.0 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof IMAP servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate from a recognized Certification Authority.","published":"2014-10-08T01:55:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:14:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-310"],"affected":["getmail/getmail"],"epss":{"score":0.00837,"percentile":0.57485,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00029.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/07/33","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/CHANGELOG","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/61229","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3091","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00029.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/07/33","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/CHANGELOG","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/61229","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3091","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7274","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}