CVE-2014-1959

mediumpriority · track · 24EPSS 0.034 · 89 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

3.40% (89th) EPSS

CVSS 5.8 · medium

Is it mine?

34 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

lib/x509/verify.c in GnuTLS before 3.1.21 and 3.2.x before 3.2.11 treats version 1 X.509 certificates as intermediate CAs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions by leveraging a X.509 V1 certificate from a trusted CA to issue new certificates.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 4.9

v2.04.9mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimary

affected products (34)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
gnu gnutls≤ 3.2.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls≤ 3.1.20nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.17nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.19nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnutls= 3.1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnutls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2014-03-07modified 2026-06-17

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