Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 22, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2014-5997

Description

The Auto Trader (aka za.co.autotrader.android.app) application 2 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.

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Affected products

Auto Trader/Auto Traderllm-create
Range: =2
Autotrader.co.za/Auto Trader
cpe:2.3:a:autotrader.co.za:auto_trader:2.0:*:*:*:*:android:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582497nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/319465nvdUS Government Resource
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1t5GXwjw82SyunALVJb2w0zi3FoLRIkfGPc7AMjRF0r4/editnvd

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