What is CVE-2014-1423?

CVE-2014-1423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Signond Project, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2020-05-07.

How severe is CVE-2014-1423?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Signond Project

CVE-2014-1423

signond before 8.57+15.04.20141127.1-0ubuntu1, as used in Ubuntu Touch, did not properly restrict applications from querying oath tokens due to incorrect checks and the missing installation of the signon-apparmor-extension. An attacker could use this create a malicious click app that collects oauth tokens for other applications, exposing sensitive information.

Published 2020-05-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (56.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Signond Project
Ubports Ubuntu Touch
Ubuntu Signon — versions Ubuntu 15.04 signon

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

bazaar.launchpad.net/~online-accounts/signon/upstream/revision/644 (Third Party Advisory)
bazaar.launchpad.net/~online-accounts/signon/upstream/revision/645 (Third Party Advisory)
bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/signon/+bug/1392380 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-1423?: CVE-2014-1423 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Signond Project, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2020-05-07.
How severe is CVE-2014-1423?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.