CVE-2014-7538

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-10-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

The Headlines news India (aka com.dreamstep.wHEADLINESNEWSINDIA) application 0.21.13219.95110 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.

Affected products

Headlines News India Project Headlines News India: 0.21.13219.95110

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323425
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/323425
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/edit?usp=sharing

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