Mozilla: Information disclosure with *FromPoint on iframes (MFSA 2014-05)
Published Feb 6, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.47%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 12.04
- 12.10
- 13.10
Configuration 4
- 11.0
- 11.4
- 12.3
- 13.1
- 11
- 11
- 11
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.47% (0.02467) | 83.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.47% (0.02467) | 82.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.24% (0.00238) | 44.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00181) | 56.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 19, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00181) | 55.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.23% (0.00229) | 59.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (23)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/102869 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56706 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56767 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56787 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56888 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-05.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65316 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkURL Repurposed
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1483 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=950427 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060943 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90893 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1483
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1483
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