CVE-2014-5757
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 · uneditedThe Buy Tickets (aka com.xcr.android.buytickets) application 2.3 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 confidenceThe Buy Tickets Android application version 2.3 fails to verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted communications by presenting a crafted (untrusted or mismatched) certificate.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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= 2.3CVSS 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
- Adjacent
- Complexity
- M
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Buy Tickets app is installedOn the Android device, go to Settings > Apps > Apps Manager (or Downloads) and look for an app named 'Buy Tickets' or 'Awesomeseating Buy Tickets' in the installed applications listAffected if The app named Buy Tickets by Awesomeseating version 2.3 is installed on the device
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Verify the installed app versionIn Settings > Apps > Apps Manager, tap on Buy Tickets and view the Version information under App info. Compare against version 2.3Affected if The displayed version number equals exactly 2.3
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Determine if the app uses network communicationOn Android, use a network traffic analysis tool (such as a packet capture app or proxy) to observe if the app makes outbound HTTPS connections when in useAffected if The app transmits data over HTTPS or HTTP to remote servers
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Inspect certificate validation in app codeIf you have access to the APK, decompile it using tools like apktool and inspect the network-related code (typically in smali or Java files under /smali/ or /sources/) for SSL/TLS implementation. Look for custom TrustManager, hostname verifier, or HttpsURLConnection usage without proper certificate chain validationAffected if The code shows custom TrustManager that does not validate the full certificate chain, or disables certificate validation (for example, creating a TrustManager that accepts all certificates)
You are affected if the Buy Tickets app version 2.3 by Awesomeseating is installed and the app transmits data over the network without proper SSL/TLS certificate validation in its code.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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 dataImplement proper SSL certificate validation using a TrustManager that verifies the complete certificate chain against trusted CAs, or use certificate pinning for known server certificates.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2014-5757 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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