CVE-2014-1487 — Origin Validation Error in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-346 — Origin Validation ErrorCWE-209 — Information Exposure via Error Message7 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 30.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
17
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird+14 more
Timeline
PublishedFeb 6
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages10 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox24.0 — 24.3+1
▶NVDmozilla/seamonkey< 2.24
▶NVDopensuse/opensuse11.4, 12.3, 13.1+2

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, Fedora 19, 20, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 12.10, 13.10, Enterprise Linux 6.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-56gp-p8f3-47px: The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2014-1487: The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27↗2014-02-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2014-02-19
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2014-02-10
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Cross-origin information leak through web workers (MFSA 2014-09)↗2014-02-04
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-1487 Mozilla: Cross-origin information leak through web workers (MFSA 2014-09)↗2014-02-04
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