What is CVE-2014-2901?

CVE-2014-2901 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wolfssl, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-21.

How severe is CVE-2014-2901?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Wolfssl

CVE-2014-2901

wolfssl before 3.2.0 does not properly issue certificates for a server's hostname.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2019-11-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Wolfssl

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2901 (Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/18/2 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-2901?: CVE-2014-2901 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wolfssl, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-21.
How severe is CVE-2014-2901?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.