Is CVE-2014-1498 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-1498 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-1498?

CVE-2014-1498 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-1498

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.8%EU EUVD

The crypto.generateCRMFRequest method in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.25 does not properly validate a certain key type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors that trigger generation of a key that supports the Elliptic Curve ec-dual-use algorithm.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-347
EPSS score: 1.8% (79th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-1574)
Published: March 19, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-1574 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

mozilla / firefox
mozilla / seamonkey
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse project / opensuse
opensuse project / opensuse
oracle / solaris
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-18.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=935618(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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