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CVE-2014-1552 json

Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 and Thunderbird before 31.0 do not properly implement the sandbox attribute of the IFRAME element, which allows…

published 2014-07-23 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-1628

cvss
5.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 and Thunderbird before 31.0 do not properly implement the sandbox attribute of the IFRAME element, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions on same-origin content via a crafted web site in conjunction with a redirect.

Patch / fix

  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1552

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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

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

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-2014-1552 updated cvss 4.3

Mozilla: IFRAME sandbox same-origin access through redirect (MFSA 2014-66)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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