CVE-2014-1483

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information by using an IFRAME element in conjunction with certain timing measurements involving the document.caretPositionFromPoint and document.elementFromPoint functions.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.28%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717 vdb entry third party advisory
https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080 url repurposed broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56787 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=950427 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65316 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90893 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56888 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-05.html vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/102869 vdb entry broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56767 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56706 third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1483?
CVE-2014-1483 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1483?
To fix CVE-2014-1483, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-1483 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-1483 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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