CVE-2013-1740 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2013-1740?

CVE-2013-1740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Network Security Services, published on 18 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The ssl_Do1stHandshake function in sslsecur.c in libssl in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, when the TLS False Start feature is enabled, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers by using an arbitrary X.509 certificate during certain handshake traffic.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1740?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Network Security Services.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1740?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-1740 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1740 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Network Security Services

• CVE-2019-17006 Memory corruption in NSS Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-5461 Memory corruption in Firefox Critical 9.8
• CVE-2009-2404 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2017-11695 Memory corruption in n/a High 7.8
• CVE-2017-11696 Memory corruption in n/a High 7.8

All Mozilla Network Security Services vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1740, GHSA-26rr-whcg-5f4g, MGASA-2014-0024.