CVE-2014-5980 — The Genertel (aka com.genertel) application 2.6.0 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate

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The Genertel (aka com.genertel) application 2.6.0 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate

Published Sep 20, 2014

5.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.30%

Description

The Genertel (aka com.genertel) application 2.6.0 for Android does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.30% 0.00297

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00297

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 (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.30% (0.00297)	20.25th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.30% (0.00297)	21.16th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00036)	7.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.05% (0.00049)	20.77th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 22, 2024	0.05% (0.00049)	18.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.05% (0.00049)	16.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00954)	36.37th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 2, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	34.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	32.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00954)	16.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-310

References (3)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/286729
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing
x_refsource_MISC

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/286729		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner certcc

Published Sep 20, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Aug 30, 2014

Link CVE-2014-5980

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-5980

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-5980