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CVE-2014-1491

Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, SeaMonkey before 2.24, and other products, does not properly restrict public values in Diffie-Hellman key exchanges, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cryptographic protection mechanisms in ticket handling by leveraging use of a certain value.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-1491 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 13 products from mozilla, from mozilla, from mozilla and 10 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-02-06T05:44:25.127

Last Modified

2025-11-25T17:50:16.803

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-326
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application mozilla firefox < 24.3 Yes
Application mozilla firefox < 27.0 Yes
Application mozilla network_security_services < 3.15.4 Yes
Application mozilla seamonkey < 2.24 Yes
Application mozilla thunderbird < 24.3.0 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_ops_center < 12.1.4 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_ops_center 12.2.0 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_ops_center 12.2.1 Yes
Application oracle enterprise_manager_ops_center 12.3.0 Yes
Application oracle vm_server 3.2 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 19 Yes
Operating System fedoraproject fedora 20 Yes
Operating System opensuse opensuse 11.4 Yes
Operating System opensuse opensuse 12.3 Yes
Operating System opensuse opensuse 13.1 Yes
Operating System suse linux_enterprise_desktop 11 Yes
Operating System suse linux_enterprise_server 11 Yes
Operating System suse linux_enterprise_server 11 Yes
Operating System suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 7.0 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 8.0 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 Yes
Operating System canonical ubuntu_linux 13.10 Yes
References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mozilla's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.