CVE-2014-7524
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 Bed and Breakfast (aka com.wbedandbreakfastapp) application 0.1 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 Bed and Breakfast Android application version 0.1 fails to validate X.509 certificates from SSL servers, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept encrypted communications by presenting a crafted certificate. The app accepts any certificate without verification, enabling credential theft and data interception.
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= 0.1CVSS 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 Bed and Breakfast app is installedCheck installed applications on the Android device and look for 'Bed and Breakfast' or 'com.bedandbreakfast' package nameAffected if The app is present on the device
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Confirm the installed version is 0.1Open Android Settings > Apps > Bed and Breakfast and view the Version information, or use 'adb shell dumpsys package com.bedandbreakfast' to retrieve version detailsAffected if Version displays as exactly 0.1
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Inspect network traffic configurationDecompile the APK using apktool or similar, then examine the AndroidManifest.xml for uses-permission android.permission.INTERNET and any network security configurationsAffected if App has internet permission and processes network requests
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Check SSL certificate validation implementationDecompile the APK and inspect the smali or Java source code for TrustManager implementation - look for custom TrustManager classes that may be bypassing certificate chain validationAffected if Code contains a TrustManager that accepts all certificates or has empty verify() implementations
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Identify HTTPS usage in codeSearch decompiled code for HttpsURLConnection, SSLContext, or hostnameVerifier usage - examine how secure connections are establishedAffected if App uses HTTPS connections without proper certificate pinning or chain validation
The environment is affected if the Bed and Breakfast Android app version 0.1 is installed and its code contains improper SSL certificate validation that accepts any certificate without verification.
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 Android's certificate pinning or a properly configured TrustManager that validates the full certificate chain against trusted CAs.
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing4.0 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-2014-7524 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.
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- 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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