CVE-2014-1583 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1583?

CVE-2014-1583 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 15 Oct 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 Alarm API in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0 and Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2 does not properly restrict toJSON calls, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted API calls that access sensitive information within the JSON data of an alarm.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1583?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mozilla Firefox.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1583?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-1583 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1583 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-hp3c-mm39-w8vj, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1583.