CVE-2014-1492
The cert_TestHostName function in lib/certdb/certdb.c in the certificate-checking implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.16 accepts a wildcard character that is embedded in an internationalized domain name's U-label, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate.
- EPSS
- 1.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 77% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- mozilla:network_security_services
References
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html