CVE-2014-7546
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 Buddhist Prayer (aka com.buddhist.prayer.mantra.sutra) application 3.0 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 confidenceThe Buddhist Prayer Android application version 3.0 fails to validate X.509 certificates when establishing SSL/TLS connections, allowing man-in-the-middle attackers to intercept traffic by presenting fraudulent certificates and capture sensitive data transmitted to backend servers.
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= 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 installed version of Buddhist Prayer appCheck the installed version of Buddhist Prayer on the Android device through Settings > Apps > Buddhist Prayer, or use adb: 'adb shell pm list packages' then 'adb shell dumpsys package <package_name>' to view versionInfoAffected if The installed version is 3.0 (exact version match)
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Obtain the application APK for analysisExtract the APK from the device using 'adb pull /data/app/<package_name>/base.apk' or use a backup method, then decompile using tools like jadx to inspect the source codeAffected if Unable to obtain APK for further code-level inspection
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Inspect network security configuration for SSL validationDecompile the APK and search for HttpURLConnection, HttpsURLConnection, or Apache HTTP client implementations. Look for implementations that bypass certificate validation such as custom TrustManager that accepts all certificates, or NullTrustManager implementationsAffected if Code contains TrustManager implementations that accept all certificates or disable certificate validation (e.g., TrustManager that returns void for checkClientTrusted/checkServerTrusted)
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Check for proper certificate pinning implementationSearch decompiled code for certificate pinning implementations using CertificatePinner (OkHttp) or custom pinning logic that validates against known server certificate hashesAffected if No certificate pinning is implemented and the app relies on default system trust store without additional validation
The environment is affected if Buddhist Prayer version 3.0 is installed and the app's code does not implement proper SSL certificate validation or certificate pinning for network connections.
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 in the application using a custom TrustManager that validates the server certificate chain, or implement certificate pinning for known server certificates.
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 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-2014-7546 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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