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CVE-2014-1498: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 19-03-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-1498 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.83% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.83%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
MGASA-2014-0146OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

Timeline

  1. 19-03-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.83%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

79%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.83% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.83%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse3 products
Mozilla2 products
Opensuse1 product
Opensuse_project1 product
Oracle1 product

5 vendors · 8 products

References

8 links