CVE-2014-9365: apple mac_os_x
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-9365 is a medium (CVSS 5.8) vulnerability in apple mac_os_x. EPSS estimates a 3.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 4.7, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 12-12-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The HTTP clients in the (1) httplib, (2) urllib, (3) urllib2, and (4) xmlrpclib libraries in CPython (aka Python) 2.x before 2.7.9 and 3.x before 3.4.3, when accessing an HTTPS URL, do not (a) check the certificate against a trust store or verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's (b) Common Name or (c) subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
3.01%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
87%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.01% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (python.org)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (bugs.python.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat23 products
- python< 0:2.7.5-58.el7
- python-debug< 0:2.7.5-58.el7
- python-debuginfo< 0:2.7.5-58.el7
- python-devel< 0:2.7.5-58.el7
- python-libs< 0:2.7.5-58.el7
Apple1 product
- mac_os_x≤ 10.10.4
Debian1 product
- python2.7< 2.7.9-1
Mageia1 product
- python< 2.7.9-1.mga4
Python1 product
- pythonEOL2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.2 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.3.4 | 2.3.5 | 2.3.7 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.2 | 2.4.3 | 2.4.4 | 2.4.6 | 2.5.1 | 2.5.2 | 2.5.3 | 2.5.4 | 2.5.6 | 2.5.150 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.8 | 2.6.2150 | 2.6.6150 | 2.7.1 | 2.7.1:rc1 | 2.7.2:rc1 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.4 | 2.7.5 | 2.7.6 | 2.7.7 | 2.7.8 | 2.7.1150 | 2.7.2150 | 3.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.1 | 3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.1.3 | 3.1.4 | 3.1.5 | 3.1.2150 | 3.2 | 3.2:alpha | 3.2.0 | 3.2.1 | 3.2.2 | 3.2.3 | 3.2.4 | 3.2.5 | 3.2.6 | 3.2.2150 | 3.3 | 3.3:beta2 | 3.3.0 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.1:rc1 | 3.3.2 | 3.3.3 | 3.3.3:rc1 | 3.3.3:rc2 | 3.3.4 | 3.3.4:rc1 | 3.3.5 | 3.3.5:rc1 | 3.3.5:rc2 | 3.3.6:rc1 | 3.4:alpha1 | 3.4.0 | 3.4.1 | 3.4.2
Ubuntu1 product
- python2.7All versions (No fix recorded)
6 vendors · 28 products
References
45 links- www.python.org/downloads/release/python-279/X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
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- support.apple.com/kb/HT205031X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM