CVE-2014-5979

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2014-5979 · Published 20/09/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-5979 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting tv bengali open directory (tvbengali).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.27%, higher than 19.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
tv bengali open directory tvbengali	`= 1.4`	No fix yet

Description

The TV Bengali Open Directory (aka com.TVBengali) application 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/582497 · Third Party Advisory
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/716697 · US Government Resource
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit

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