AppCache SSL Certificate Spoofing Vulnerability

CVE-2014-7948 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The AppCacheUpdateJob::URLFetcher::OnResponseStarted function in content/browser/appcache/appcache_update_job.cc in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91 proceeds with AppCache caching for SSL sessions even if there is an X.509 certificate error, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof HTML5 application content via a crafted certificate.

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