CVE-2014-1552 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1552?

CVE-2014-1552 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 23 Jul 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 31.0 and Thunderbird before 31.0 do not properly implement the sandbox attribute of the IFRAME element, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions on same-origin content via a crafted web site in conjunction with a redirect.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1552?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1552?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-1552 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1552 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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-rr45-q6fx-833j, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1552.