5.8

CVE-2014-1959: gnu gnutls

CVSS: 5.8v2.0MediumModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0077UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1959DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1959
Published 06-03-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-1959 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability in gnu gnutls. EPSS estimates a 3.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
34/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.40%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10105-1

Timeline

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

Description

lib/x509/verify.c in GnuTLS before 3.1.21 and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 treats version 1 X.509 certificates as intermediate CAs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging a X.509 V1 certificate from a trusted CA to issue new certificates.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 3.42% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.40%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gitorious.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • gnutls26< 2.12.20-8
  • gnutls28< 3.2.11-1
Mageia2 products
  • gnutls< 3.1.16-1.1.mga3
  • gnutls< 3.2.7-1.1.mga4
Gnu1 product
  • gnutls≤ 3.1.20 | 3.1.0 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.6 | 3.1.7 | 3.1.8 | 3.1.9 | 3.1.10 | 3.1.11 | 3.1.12 | 3.1.13 | 3.1.14 | 3.1.15 | 3.1.16 | 3.1.17 | 3.1.18 | 3.1.19 | ≤ 3.2.10 | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3 | 3.2.4 | 3.2.5 | 3.2.6 | 3.2.7 | 3.2.8 | 3.2.8.1 | 3.2.9
Ubuntu1 product
  • gnutls26< 2.12.23-12ubuntu1

4 vendors · 6 products

References

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