CVE-2014-1568

nss: RSA PKCS#1 signature verification forgery flaw (MFSA 2014-73)

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

5.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · September 24, 2014

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the way NSS parsed ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) input from certain RSA signatures. A remote attacker could use this flaw to forge RSA certificates by providing a specially crafted signature to an application using NSS.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE-347 · Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature