The crypto.generateCRMFRequest method in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.25 does not properly validate a certain key type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors that trigger generation of a key that supports the Elliptic Curve ec-dual-use algorithm.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-1574 The crypto.generateCRMFRequest method in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.25 does not properly validate a certain key type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors that trigger generation of a key that supports the Elliptic Curve ec-dual-use algorithm.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2150-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:42:36.168Z

Reserved: 2014-01-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-1498

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-03-19T10:55:06.350

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-1498

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-1498 - Bugzilla

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