CVE-2014-7538

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues

Publication date:

20/10/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

The Headlines news India (aka com.dreamstep.wHEADLINESNEWSINDIA) application 0.21.13219.95110 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical