kdelibs: POP3 kioslave silently accepted invalid SSL certificates
Published Jul 1, 2014
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.71%
Description
kio/usernotificationhandler.cpp in the POP3 kioslave in kdelibs 4.10.95 before 4.13.3 does not properly generate warning notifications, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information via an invalid certificate.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 4.10.97
- 4.11.0
- 4.11.1
- 4.11.2
- 4.11.3
- 4.11.4
- 4.11.5
- 4.11.80
- 4.11.90
- 4.11.95
- 4.11.97
- 4.12.0
- 4.12.1
- 4.12.2
- 4.12.3
- 4.12.4
- 4.12.5
- 4.12.80
- 4.12.90
- 4.12.95
- 4.12.97
- 4.13.0
- 4.13.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
kdelibs
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kdelibs
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
kdelibs3
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
kdelibs
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kdelibs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kdelibs | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kdelibs3 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kdelibs | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 51.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.71% (0.00711) | 48.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.18% (0.00180) | 37.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00100) | 42.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 29, 2024 | 0.10% (0.00100) | 41.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.11% (0.00111) | 44.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00111) | 42.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00068.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=bbae87dc1be3ae063796a582774bd5642cacdd5d&hp=1ccdb43ed3b32a7798eec6d39bb3c83a6e40228f x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140618-1.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68113 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3494 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111022 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3494
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3494
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00068.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://quickgit.kde.org/?p=kdelibs.git&a=commitdiff&h=bbae87dc1be3ae063796a582774bd5642cacdd5d&hp=1ccdb43ed3b32a7798eec6d39bb3c83a6e40228f | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20140618-1.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68113 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3494 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111022 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3494 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3494 |
Change history (0)
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