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CVE-2014-1266

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.4)—💥 PoC

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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💥 Public exploits

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Affected technologies (3)

Apple — Iphone OSApple — MAC OS XApple — Tvos

CWEs

References

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