CVE-2014-1496 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1496?

CVE-2014-1496 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 19 Mar 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 might allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the extracted Mar contents during an update.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1496?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1496?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-1496 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1496 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rg2h-rx22-64cp.