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CVE-2014-3494

kdelibs: POP3 kioslave silently accepted invalid SSL certificates

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · June 17, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

kio/usernotificationhandler.cpp in the POP3 kioslave in kdelibs 4.10.95 before 4.13.3 does not properly generate warning notifications, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid certificate.

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-295 · Improper Certificate Validation