HIGH
Mozilla: Cross-origin information leak through web workers (MFSA 2014-09)
Published Feb 6, 2014
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.33%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
OR
- 19
- 20
Configuration 3
OR
- 11.0
- 11.4
- 12.3
- 13.1
- 11
- 11
- 11
Configuration 4
OR
- 12.04
- 12.10
- 13.10
Configuration 5
- 7.0
Configuration 6
OR
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.5
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 5.0
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:24.3.0-2.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0132
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:24.3.0-2.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0133
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:24.3.0-2.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0132
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:24.3.0-2.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0133
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:24.3.0-2.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0132 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:24.3.0-2.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0133 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:24.3.0-2.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0132 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:24.3.0-2.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0133 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.33% 0.02335
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02335
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.33% (0.02335) | 82.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.27% (0.02272) | 80.73th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.42% (0.00417) | 59.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.60% (0.02601) | 89.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00346) | 70.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 4, 2024 | 0.35% (0.00346) | 68.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 18, 2023 | 0.32% (0.00324) | 67.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.23% (0.00228) | 59.15th | 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 (37)
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- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Y2fux-JW1Qc x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
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- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1487
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mozilla
Published Feb 6, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jan 16, 2014
Link CVE-2014-1487
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a