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KindleApplication · Amazon

CVE-2014-3908

MEDIUM · 5.8 CVSS v2.0 Published 2014-08-30
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 4.4.4 or later.
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67/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The Amazon.com Kindle application before 4.5.0 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.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

The Amazon Kindle Android application before version 4.5.0 fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted communications by presenting spoofed certificates and obtain sensitive user data.

MitigationUpdate the Amazon Kindle Android application to version 4.5.0 or later, which implements proper SSL certificate chain validation.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
KindleApplication
Affected:<= 4.4.4= 4.4.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
M
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Verify Amazon Kindle app is installed
    Check the Android device for the Amazon Kindle application in Settings > Apps or via package manager command: pm list packages | grep kindle
    Affected if The Kindle app is present on the device
  2. Determine installed Kindle version
    Open Google Play Store app listing for Kindle, or go to Settings > Apps > Kindle > App info, or use adb: adb shell dumpsys package com.amazon.kindle | grep versionName
    Affected if Unable to determine the installed version
  3. Compare version against affected range
    Review the installed version number found in the previous step. Affected versions are 4.4.4 and any version lower than 4.4.4 (including 4.4.0)
    Affected if Installed version is 4.4.4 or lower (e.g., 4.4.3, 4.4.2, 4.3.0, etc.)

The device is affected if the installed Amazon Kindle Android app version is 4.4.4 or any version lower than 4.4.4, as these versions lack proper SSL certificate chain validation.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 4.4.4
Interim mitigation

Update the Amazon Kindle Android application to version 4.5.0 or later, which implements proper SSL certificate chain validation.

Fix this in Kindle Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Testing2.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
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