High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Feb 22, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-1266
CVE-2014-1266
Description
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.
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Affected products
6- Range: 6.x before 6.0.2
- Range: 6.x before 6.1.6, 7.x before 7.0.6
- Range: 10.9.x before 10.9.2
Patches
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References
9- news.ycombinator.com/itemnvdExploitIssue Tracking
- www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2014-02/2014-02-23.htmlnvdExploit
- www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2014-02/2014-02-24.htmlnvdExploit
- www.imperialviolet.org/2014/02/22/applebug.htmlnvdExploit
- support.apple.com/kb/HT6146nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT6147nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT6148nvdVendor Advisory
- support.apple.com/kb/HT6150nvdVendor Advisory
- it.slashdot.org/comments.plnvdIssue Tracking
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