CVE-2014-1498 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-1498

The crypto.generateCRMFRequest method in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0 and SeaMonkey...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

linux enterprise desktop, linux enterprise server, linux enterprise software development kit, solaris, opensuse, seamonkey, firefox
Vulnerable Versions:
11, 11.3, 13.1, 11.4, 12.3, 0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 19th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.