CVE-2014-8642 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8642?

CVE-2014-8642 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 14 Jan 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 do not consider the id-pkix-ocsp-nocheck extension in deciding whether to trust an OCSP responder, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network during a session in which there was an incorrect decision to accept a compromised and revoked certificate.

Weakness: CWE-310

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8642?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8642?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-8642 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8642 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-cw54-px9j-p8mf, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8642.