CVE-2024-34454

Published May 26, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.4 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Nintendo Wii U OS 5.5.5 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to forge SSL certificates as though they came from a Root CA, because there is a secondary verification mechanism that only checks whether a CA is known and ignores the CA details and signature (and because * is accepted as a Common Name).

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-34810 Nintendo Wii U OS 5.5.5 allows man-in-the-middle attackers to forge SSL certificates as though they came from a Root CA, because there is a secondary verification mechanism that only checks whether a CA is known and ignores the CA details and signature (and because * is accepted as a Common Name).
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00078}

epss

{'score': 0.00102}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nintendo
Nintendo wii U
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:nintendo:wii_u:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nintendo
Nintendo wii U
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Feb 13, 2025, 3:53 PM
Reserved
May 3, 2024, 12:00 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 26, 2024, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 7:33 AM