CVE-2014-5978 describes a critical vulnerability in version 1.1.0 of the memetan Android application, where it fails to properly validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers. This oversight allows an attacker to perform man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, spoofing legitimate servers to intercept sensitive user data. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.4, indicating a medium severity, and requires adjacent network access with medium attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ipposan:memetan:1.1.0:*:*:*:*: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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.