CVE-2014-1529 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1529?

CVE-2014-1529 is a high-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 Web Notification API in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended source-component restrictions and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in a privileged context via a crafted web page for which Notification.permission is granted.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1529?

It affects 15 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird and 9 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1529?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-1529 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1529 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-vcpc-r52j-cpgq, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1529.