CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-1487

Origin Validation Error

Published: Feb 06, 2014 | Modified: Nov 25, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive authentication information via vectors involving error messages.

Weakness

The product does not properly verify that the source of data or communication is valid.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FirefoxMozilla*27.0 (excluding)
FirefoxMozilla24.0 (including)24.3 (excluding)
SeamonkeyMozilla*2.24 (excluding)
ThunderbirdMozilla*24.3 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:24.3.0-2.el5_10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:24.3.0-2.el5_10*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfirefox-0:24.3.0-2.el6_5*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatthunderbird-0:24.3.0-2.el6_5*
FirefoxUbuntulucid*
FirefoxUbuntuprecise*
FirefoxUbuntuquantal*
FirefoxUbuntusaucy*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntulucid*
ThunderbirdUbuntuprecise*
ThunderbirdUbuntuquantal*
ThunderbirdUbuntusaucy*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*

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