Is CVE-2014-5075 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-5075 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-12.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-5075?

CVE-2014-5075 has a CVSS score of 6.8 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2014-5075?

Patch guidance is available from redhat security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2014-5075.

CVE-2014-5075 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2014-5075?

2 products: redhat jboss fuse, igniterealtime smack api.

Description

The Ignite Realtime Smack XMPP API 4.x before 4.0.2, and 3.x and 2.x when a custom SSLContext is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: medium
Auth: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: partial
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: CWE-310

Metadata

Primary Vendor: REDHAT
Published: 10/25/2014
Last Modified: 4/12/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2014-5075

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