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CVE-2014-8627 json

PolarSSL 1.3.8 does not properly negotiate the signature algorithm to use, which allows remote attackers to conduct downgrade attacks via u…

published 2014-11-24 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-8464

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

PolarSSL 1.3.8 does not properly negotiate the signature algorithm to use, which allows remote attackers to conduct downgrade attacks via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • mbedtls-3 openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.6.6-1.1
  • mbedtls openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.4.0-1.2
  • mbedtls-2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.28.3-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11119-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10088-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12903-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-8627 updated cvss 2.6

polarssl: various issues fixed in 1.3.9

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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