The SSLVerifySignedServerKeyExchange function in libsecurity_ssl/lib/sslKeyExchange.c in the Secure Transport feature in the Data Security component in Apple iOS 6.x before 6.1.6 and 7.x before 7.0.6, Apple TV 6.x before 6.0.2, and Apple OS X 10.9.x before 10.9.2 does not check the signature in a TLS Server Key Exchange message, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers by (1) using an arbitrary private key for the signing step or (2) omitting the signing step.
CVE-2014-1266
Score 7.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-14. NVD baseline CVSS 7.4; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.4
- EG Score
- 7.4(medium)
- EPSS
- 92.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 22, 2014
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (18)
- product-security@applehttp://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4821073&cid=46310187
- product-security@applehttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT6146
- product-security@applehttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT6147
- product-security@applehttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT6148
- product-security@applehttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150
- product-security@applehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7281378
- product-security@applehttps://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2014-02/2014-02-23.html
- product-security@applehttps://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2014-02/2014-02-24.html
- product-security@applehttps://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=4821073&cid=46310187
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6146
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6147
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6148
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6150
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7281378
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Publicly available exploits
(2 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCgabrielg/CVE-2014-1266-pocFirst seen Feb 24, 2014
Apple OS X/iOS SSL flaw demonstration
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoClandonf/Testability-CVE-2014-1266First seen Feb 22, 2014
Demonstrating that SSLVerifySignedServerKeyExchange() is trivially testable.
Open source ↗
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