CVE-2014-7538

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 5.5 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector ADJACENT_NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323425	US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497	US Government Resource
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323425	US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497	US Government Resource
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:headlines_news_india_project:headlines_news_india:0.21.13219.95110:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-10-20 10:55

Updated : 2025-04-12 10:46

NVD link : CVE-2014-7538

Mitre link : CVE-2014-7538

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2014-7538

JSON object : View

Products Affected

headlines_news_india_project

headlines_news_india

CWE

CWE-310

Cryptographic Issues

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