Privilege escalation in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2014-1529
The Web Notification API in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended source-component restrictions and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in a privileged context via a crafted web page for which Notification.permission is granted.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.038 (89.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.038 · newest: 0.038 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 12.10, 13.10
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 19, 20
- openSUSE — versions 11.4, 12.3, 13.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 5.0, 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0448.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132332.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00013.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1030165 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/59866 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-1529?
- CVE-2014-1529 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2014-04-30.
- How severe is CVE-2014-1529?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.