CVE-2014-1561 Other in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1561?

CVE-2014-1561 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 does not properly restrict use of drag-and-drop events to spoof customization events, which allows remote attackers to alter the placement of UI icons via crafted JavaScript code that is encountered during (1) page, (2) panel, or (3) toolbar customization.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1561?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1561?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-1561 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1561 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-pp62-p6gv-gqgj, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1561.