CVE-2014-1500

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 28.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and application hang) via onbeforeunload events that trigger background JavaScript execution.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.26% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-20.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956524 issue tracking vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1500?
CVE-2014-1500 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1500?
To fix CVE-2014-1500, 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-2014-1500 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-1500 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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