CVE-2014-3694
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
The (1) bundled GnuTLS SSL/TLS plugin and the (2) bundled OpenSSL SSL/TLS plugin in libpurple in Pidgin before 2.10.10 do not properly consider the Basic Constraints extension during verification of X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-310
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-3640)
- Published
- October 29, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-3640 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
- pidgin / pidgin
References
- http://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/rev/2e4475087f04(Issue Tracking)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00023.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00037.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=86(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60741
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61968
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3055(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2390-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1854
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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