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CVE-2014-8642

Published: Jan 14, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-310
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.6%
Top 27.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 do not consider the id-pkix-ocsp-nocheck extension in deciding whether to trust an OCSP responder, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network during a session in which there was an incorrect decision to accept a compromised and revoked certificate.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-310

Affected Products

n/an/a
seamonkeymozilla
Desktop App
Consumer Software / browser
opensuseopensuse
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
firefoxmozilla
On-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
mozillaoss-projectUSConsumer Softwareaka mozilla corp.
opensuseoss-projectDEOperating Systemsaka opensuse

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/62242
secunia.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031533
securitytracker.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org
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Timeline

Published
Jan 14, 2015
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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