CVE-2014-3494

Exp

kio/usernotificationhandler.cpp in the POP3 kioslave in kdelibs 4.10.95 before 4.13.3 does not properly generate warning notifications, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid certificate.

Published: 2014-07-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3494 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.71%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-3494

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3494

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 0.18% 0.71% +0.53%
2 2025-03-30 0.62% 0.18% -0.44%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.62% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3494

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3494

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3494

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2014-3494: 1 GLSA(s) (201406-34), 1 atom(s) (kde-base/kdelibs); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-3494
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3494
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3494 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (kde4libs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, saucy, trusty, upstream): released 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3494

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3494

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.10.97 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.10.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.80 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.90 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.95 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.11.97 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.11.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.80 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.90 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.95 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.12.97 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.12.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde kdelibs 4.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdelibs:4.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3494

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