The cert_TestHostName function in lib/certdb/certdb.c in the certificate-checking implementation in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.16 accepts a wildcard character that is embedded in an internationalized domain name's U-label, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a crafted certificate.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1492 is rated Exploit Available (59.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.77%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.83% | 1.77% | +0.94% |
| 2 | 2026-03-27 | 1.19% | 0.83% | -0.36% |
| 3 | 2026-02-22 | — | 1.19% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2014-1492 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nss), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1492 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2014-1492: 1 GLSA(s) (201504-01), 7 atom(s) (dev-libs/nspr, mail-client/thunderbird, …); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-1492 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1492 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2014-1492 severity moderate: SUSE including 237 source package names (MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, …), 649 product×package rows across 69 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1, … (69 product lines)): Known Not Affected 349, Fixed 300. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1492/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2014-1492 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (chromium-browser, firefox, nss, oxide-qt, thunderbird), 30 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream): released 11, DNE 7, not-affected 5, ignored 4, needs-triage 3. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1492 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | network_security_services | <= 3.15.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.4 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.4.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.4.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.6 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.6.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.7 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.7.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.7.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.7.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.7.7 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.8 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.11.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.11.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.11.4 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.11.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.3.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.4 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.6 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.7 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.8 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.9 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.10 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.12.11 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.12.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.14 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.14.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.14.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.14.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.14.4 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.14.5 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.14.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.15 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.15.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.15.2 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.15.3 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.15.3.1 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.15.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| mozilla | network_security_services | 3.15.4 | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:network_security_services:3.15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |