CVE-2014-2018

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mozilla Thunderbird 17.x through 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x through 17.0.10, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 allows user-assisted remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an e-mail message containing a data: URL in a (1) OBJECT or (2) EMBED element, a related issue to CVE-2013-6674.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.73% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029773 vdb entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-14.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=875818 vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/863369 third party advisory us government resource
http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=953
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029774 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-2018?
CVE-2014-2018 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-2018?
To fix CVE-2014-2018, 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-2014-2018 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-2018 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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