CVE-2014-5911 describes a critical vulnerability in version 1.4 of the Free App Icons & Icon Packs Android application, where it fails to properly validate SSL certificates. This oversight enables man-in-the-middle attacks, allowing adversaries to spoof legitimate servers and potentially intercept sensitive user data. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating a medium severity, and could lead to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited over an adjacent network with medium attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the lack of certificate validation remains a significant security flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jellytap:free_app_icons_\&_icon_packs:1.4:*:*:*:*:android:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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