CVE-2014-1483
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information by using an IFRAME element in conjunction with certain timing measurements involving the document.caretPositionFromPoint and document.elementFromPoint functions.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 11.4 | affected | |
| suse | 12.3 | affected | |
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
| suse | 11 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 13.10 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endExcluding":"27.0"} | 27.0 |
| mozilla | seamonkey | {"endExcluding":"2.24"} | 2.24 |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 11.0 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
- http://osvdb.org/102869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56767
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56888
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-05.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65316
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2
- https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=950427
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90893
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
- http://osvdb.org/102869
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56767
CWEs
CWE-1021
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.