CVE-2014-1487

Public Exploit

Description

The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive authentication information via vectors involving error messages.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.50%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2119-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Y2fux-JW1Qc broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029721 third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=947592 vendor advisory issue tracking exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65330 third party advisory vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90889 third party advisory vdb entry
https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080 broken link url repurposed
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0132.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56922 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56787 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/56858 third party advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2858 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56763 third party advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/102873 vdb entry broken link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0133.html 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
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=VYQsgaFpQ2k broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56888 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129218.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56761 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127966.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.html vendor advisory mailing list third party 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
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-09.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1487?
CVE-2014-1487 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1487?
To fix CVE-2014-1487, 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-2014-1487 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-1487 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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