CVE-2014-1590

Mozilla: XMLHttpRequest crashes with some input streams (MFSA 2014-85)

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send method in Mozilla Firefox before 34.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.3, Thunderbird before 31.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted JavaScript object.

El método de enviar prototipo XMLHttpRequest.en Mozilla Firefox anterior a 34.0, Firefox ESR 31.x anterior a 31.3, Thunderbird anterior a 31.3, y SeaMonkey anterior a 2.31 permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (caída de la aplicación) a través de un objeto JavaScript manipulado.

Gary Kwong, Randell Jesup, Nils Ohlmeier, Jesse Ruderman, Max Jonas Werner, Christian Holler, Jon Coppeard, Eric Rahm, Byron Campen, Eric Rescorla, and Xidorn Quan discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. Cody Crews discovered a way to trigger chrome-level XBL bindings from web content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass security restrictions. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-01-16 CVE Reserved
2014-12-02 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71397	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1087633	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html	2016-12-24
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html	2016-12-24
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3090	2016-12-24
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3092	2016-12-24
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-85.html	2016-12-24
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01	2016-12-24
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1590	2014-12-02
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169206	2014-12-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				<= 33.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 33.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				<= 31.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " <= 31.2"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				<= 2.30 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " <= 2.30"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				<= 31.2 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " <= 31.2"		-		Affected