CVE-2014-3522

The Serf RA layer in Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.x before 1.7.18 and 1.8.x before 1.8.10 does not properly handle wildcards in the Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers via a crafted certificate.

Published: 2014-08-19 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3522 is rated Moderate Risk (51.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.58%, 92th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +2.96% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3522

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 2.62% 5.58% +2.96%
2 2025-12-28 1.37% 2.62% +1.25%
3 2025-12-27 — 1.37% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3522

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 4.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3522

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3522

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-3522 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (subversion), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3522
gentoo normal CVE-2014-3522: 1 GLSA(s) (201610-05), 2 atom(s) (dev-vcs/subversion, net-libs/serf); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-3522
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3522
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3522 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (subversion), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): released 3, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3522

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-3522

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/297.html" target="_blank">CWE-297: Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3522

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache subversion 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.9 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.11 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.12 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.13 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.15 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.16 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.17 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.18 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.19 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.20 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.21 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.6.23 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.6.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.9 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.11 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.12 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.13 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.15 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.16 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.7.17 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache subversion 1.8.9 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
apple xcode 6.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:xcode:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3522

URL Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Mar/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00038.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59432
http://secunia.com/advisories/59584
http://secunia.com/advisories/60100
http://secunia.com/advisories/60722
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
http://www.osvdb.org/109996
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69237 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2316-1 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95090
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95311
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05
https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2014-3522-advisory.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT204427 Third Party Advisory
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