What is CVE-2014-2903?

CVE-2014-2903 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wolfssl, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-10-06.

How severe is CVE-2014-2903?

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

Vulnerability in Wolfssl

CVE-2014-2903

CyaSSL does not check the key usage extension in leaf certificates, which allows remote attackers to spoof servers via a crafted server certificate not authorized for use in an SSL/TLS handshake.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.010 (57.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Wolfssl
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

References

cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-2903?: CVE-2014-2903 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wolfssl, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-10-06.
How severe is CVE-2014-2903?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.