CVE-2014-6896

MEDIUM 5.4CVE-2014-6896 · Published 03/10/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-6896 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.4) vulnerability affecting yik yak (yikyakapp).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.29%, higher than 21.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
yik yak yikyakapp	`= 2.0.002`	No fix yet

Description

The Yik Yak (aka com.yik.yak) application 2.0.002 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/281009 · US Government Resource
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497 · US Government Resource
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit

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