CVE-2014-1526 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass access restrictions in Firefox and SeaMonkey by tricking users into visiting a crafted site while the debugger is active.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2014-1526?

CVE-2014-1526 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 30 Apr 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

The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows user-assisted remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted web site that is visited in the debugger, leading to unwrapping operations and calls to DOM methods on the unwrapped objects.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1526?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1526?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-1526 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1526 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cg7q-w674-m33v, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1526.

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