CVE-2014-1489 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1489?

CVE-2014-1489 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

Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 does not properly restrict access to about:home buttons by script on other pages, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session restore) via a crafted web site.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1489?

It affects 8 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2014-1489?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-1489 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1489 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-wwpm-rgch-9v66.