CVE-2014-1496
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 19, 2014 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM UTC
6 products affected across 2 vendorsFirefoxThunderbirdSeamonkey
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 might allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the extracted Mar contents during an update.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 28.024.0 ≤ v < 24.4
Affected range stops below 28.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.25
Affected range stops below 2.25, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 24.4
Affected range stops below 24.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-16.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=925747Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269
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