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CVE-2014-1530 json

The docshell implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.2…

published 2014-04-30 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-1606

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The docshell implementation 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 trigger the loading of a URL with a spoofed baseURI property, and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, via a crafted web site that performs history navigation.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 24.5, 29.0
  • mozilla seamonkey 2.26
  • mozilla thunderbird 24.5
  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:24.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1530

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  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 24.5.0-1.el5_10
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 24.5.0-1.el6_5
  • firefox RHEL 5 24.5.0-1.el5_10
  • firefox RHEL 6 24.5.0-1.el6_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0449RHSA-2014:0448

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-1530 updated cvss 4.3

Mozilla: Cross-site scripting (XSS) using history navigations (MFSA 2014-43)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 24.5.0-1.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 24.5.0-1.el5_10, thunderbird 24.5.0-1.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 24.5.0-1.el6_5, thunderbird 24.5.0-1.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 24.5.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0448
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 24.5.0-1.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0449
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 24.5.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0448
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) thunderbird 24.5.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0449
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 24.5.0-1.el6_5, thunderbird 24.5.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0448

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Exploit prediction

1.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.