CVE-2014-1498 (GCVE-0-2014-1498)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-03-19 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:42
VLAI
Summary
The crypto.generateCRMFRequest method in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.25 does not properly validate a certain key type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors that trigger generation of a key that supports the Elliptic Curve ec-dual-use algorithm.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mozilla CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 38/100 over 512 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2014-03-18 00:00
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