CVE-2014-5896

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2014-5896 · Published 15/09/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-5896 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting globaltalk- free phone calls (seawolftech).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.27%, higher than 19.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
globaltalk- free phone calls seawolftech	`= 2.1.4`	No fix yet

Description

The GlobalTalk- free phone calls (aka com.seawolftech.globaltalk) application 2.1.4 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.

References

kb.cert.org/vuls/id/519313 · US Government Resource
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · Third Party Advisory
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit

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