What is CVE-2014-3250?

CVE-2014-3250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2014-3250?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server

CVE-2014-3250

The default vhost configuration file in Puppet before 3.6.2 does not include the SSLCARevocationCheck directive, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a revoked certificate when a Puppet master runs with Apache 2.4.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

Published 2017-12-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3250 (Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-3250?: CVE-2014-3250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2014-3250?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.