CVE-2014-1511 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1511?

CVE-2014-1511 is a critical vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Mar 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remote attackers to bypass the popup blocker via unspecified vectors.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1511?

It affects 16 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Opensuse Opensuse and 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1511?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-1511 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2014-1511 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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• 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
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Also known as GHSA-hc98-gcpm-mq7j.