CVE-2014-1584
Mozilla: Key pinning bypasses (MFSA 2014-80)
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · October 14, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The Public Key Pinning (PKP) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0 skips pinning checks upon an unspecified issuer-verification error, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass an intended pinning configuration and spoof a web site via a crafted certificate that leads to presentation of the Untrusted Connection dialog to the user.
Statement
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
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 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWE not specified