CVE-2014-1480 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1480?

CVE-2014-1480 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The file-download implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 does not properly restrict the timing of button selections, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks, and trigger unintended launching of a downloaded file, via a crafted web site.

Weakness: CWE-1021

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1480?

It affects 8 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop and 2 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1480?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-1480 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1480 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3vxf-9p4v-pvw4.