Mozilla: Accessing cross-origin objects via the Alarms API (MFSA 2014-82)
Published Oct 15, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.86%
Description
The Alarm API in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0 and Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2 does not properly restrict toJSON calls, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted API calls that access sensitive information within the JSON data of an alarm.
Affected products
No data.
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:31.2.0-3.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1635
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:31.2.0-3.el6_6
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1635
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:31.2.0-3.el7_0
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1635
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
xulrunner-0:31.2.0-1.el7_0
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1635
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:31.2.0-3.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1635 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:31.2.0-3.el6_6 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1635 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:31.2.0-3.el7_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1635 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | xulrunner-0:31.2.0-1.el7_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1635 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.86% (0.02864) | 86.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.81% (0.02810) | 84.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.75% (0.00746) | 70.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.28% (0.02283) | 74.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.75% (0.00746) | 71.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.69% (0.00694) | 80.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 0.88% (0.00877) | 82.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 5, 2023 | 0.88% (0.00877) | 80.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.24% (0.01240) | 83.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (22)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141796.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141085.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1635.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61854 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62022 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62023 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3050 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-82.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70424 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031028 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031030 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2372-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1583 Vendor Advisory
- https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0421.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1015540 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1152683 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1583
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1583
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