CVE-2014-1501 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1501?

CVE-2014-1501 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 19 Mar 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 28.0 on Android allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and access arbitrary file: URLs via vectors involving the "Open Link in New Tab" menu selection.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1501?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Oracle Solaris, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1501?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-1501 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2014-1501 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1501 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-rg9q-8758-m38f.