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CVE-2014-3494

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3494 describes a vulnerability in the POP3 kioslave component of kdelibs versions prior to 4.13.3, specifically affecting KDE and openSUSE distributions. This flaw allows man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept sensitive information due to improper generation of warning notifications when an invalid certificate is encountered. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability has a medium attack complexity and could lead to partial confidentiality impact without requiring authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.10.97CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0071 is in the 10th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-3494Moderate

kdelibs: POP3 kioslave silently accepted invalid SSL certificates

Jun 17, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00068.html
quickgit.kde.org
ExploitPatch
kde.org / info/security/advisory-20140618-1.txt
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/68113