CVE-2014-1266

HighCVSS 7.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The SSLVerifySignedServerKeyExchange function in libsecurity_ssl/lib/sslKeyExchange.c in the Secure Transport feature in the Data Security component in Apple iOS 6.x before 6.1.6 and 7.x before 7.0.6, Apple TV 6.x before 6.0.2, and Apple OS X 10.9.x before 10.9.2 does not check the signature in a TLS Server Key Exchange message, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers by (1) using an arbitrary private key for the signing step or (2) omitting the signing step.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-295

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4821073&cid=46310187Issue Tracking
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6146Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6147Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6148Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150Vendor Advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7281378Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2014-02/2014-02-23.htmlExploit
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2014-02/2014-02-24.htmlExploit
https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.htmlExploit
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4821073&cid=46310187Issue Tracking
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6146Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6147Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6148Vendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150Vendor Advisory
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7281378Exploit, Issue Tracking
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2014-02/2014-02-23.htmlExploit
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2014-02/2014-02-24.htmlExploit
https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.htmlExploit

Timeline

Published: Feb 22, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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