CVE-2014-1487 Information disclosure in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass Same Origin Policy to obtain sensitive authentication information via Web workers error messages in Firefox.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2014-1487?

CVE-2014-1487 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-346

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1487?

It affects 17 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird and 11 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1487?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-1487 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1487 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-56gp-p8f3-47px.

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