Vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
CVE-2014-1266
The SSLVerifySignedServerKeyExchange function in libsecurity_ssl/lib/sslKeyExchange.c in the Secure Transport feature in the Data Security component in Apple iOS 6.x before 6.1.6 and 7.x before 7.0.6, Apple TV 6.x before 6.0.2, and Apple OS X 10.9.x before 10.9.2 does not check the signature in a TLS Server Key Exchange message, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers by (1) using an arbitrary private key for the signing step or (2) omitting the signing step.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.057 (92.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.057 · newest: 0.057 · change: +0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- support.apple.com/kb/HT6147 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT6148 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2014-02/2014-02-23.html (Exploit)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT6150 (Vendor Advisory)
- support.apple.com/kb/HT6146 (Vendor Advisory)
- it.slashdot.org/comments.pl (Issue Tracking)
- www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2014-02/2014-02-24.html (Exploit)
- www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.html (Exploit)
- news.ycombinator.com/item (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-1266?
- CVE-2014-1266 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2014-02-22.
- How severe is CVE-2014-1266?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2014-1266 known to be exploited?
- 17 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.