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CVE-2014-1498

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1498 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before version 28.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.25, affecting the crypto.generateCRMFRequest method. An attacker can trigger an application crash by exploiting improper validation of a key type, specifically one supporting the Elliptic Curve ec-dual-use algorithm. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.78%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0178 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-1498Low

Mozilla: crypto.generateCRMFRequest does not validate type of key (MFSA 2014-18)

Mar 18, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201504-01
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-18.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory