CVE-2014-1491

nss: Do not allow p-1 as a public DH value (MFSA 2014-12)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 4, 2014

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

It was found that NSS accepted weak Diffie-Hellman Key exchange (DHKE) parameters. This could possibly lead to weak encryption being used in communication between the client and the server.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-358 · Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard