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CVE-2014-1511 in the critical feed json

Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remote attackers to byp…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-1587

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
83.5%
EPSS 83.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.6%
public exploits
2
Metasploit and Exploit-DB

Summary

Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remote attackers to bypass the popup blocker via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 24.4, 28.0
  • mozilla seamonkey 2.25
  • mozilla thunderbird 24.4
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 24.4.0-1.el5_10
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 24.4.0-1.el6_5
  • firefox RHEL 5 24.4.0-1.el5_10
  • firefox RHEL 6 24.4.0-1.el6_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0316RHSA-2014:0310

  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-1511 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla: Privilege escalation using WebIDL-implemented APIs (MFSA 2014-29)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 24.4.0-1.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 24.4.0-1.el5_10, thunderbird 24.4.0-1.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 24.4.0-1.el6_5, thunderbird 24.4.0-1.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 24.4.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0310
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 24.4.0-1.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0316
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 24.4.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0310
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) thunderbird 24.4.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0316
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 24.4.0-1.el6_5, thunderbird 24.4.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0310

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/browser/firefox_webidl_injection)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

83.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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