CVE-2014-8632 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8632?

CVE-2014-8632 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 11 Dec 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 structured-clone implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 34.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.31 does not properly interact with XrayWrapper property filtering, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended DOM object restrictions by leveraging property availability after XrayWrapper removal.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8632?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8632?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-8632 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8632 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
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• 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
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Also known as GHSA-6h2f-xfhj-5wr4.