CVE-2014-1526

Description

The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site that is visited in the debugger, leading to unwrapping operations and calls to DOM methods on the unwrapped objects.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.70% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org 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-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-47.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866 third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988106 issue tracking patch vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030164 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030163 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1526?
CVE-2014-1526 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1526?
To fix CVE-2014-1526, 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-2014-1526 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-1526 is being actively exploited. 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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