Mozilla: Privileged access to security wrapped protected objects (MFSA 2014-91)
Published Dec 11, 2014
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.02%
Description
The structured-clone implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 34.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.31 does not properly interact with XrayWrapper property filtering, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended DOM object restrictions by leveraging property availability after XrayWrapper removal.
Affected products
No data.
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | 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, 6 and 7.
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:M/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 2, 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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 62.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 58.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00209) | 41.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.24% (0.00244) | 65.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 63.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 60.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-91.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8632 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1050340 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169211 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8632
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8632
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-91.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8632 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1050340 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169211 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8632 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8632 |
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