SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-1489

Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 does not properly restrict access to about:home buttons by script on other pages, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session restore) via a crafted web site.

MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.93%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.93%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 does not properly restrict access to about:home buttons by script on other pages, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session restore) via a crafted web site.

CVSS 2.0
4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS
1.93% probability · 79th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
oracle/solaris · suse/linux enterprise desktop · suse/linux enterprise server · suse/linux enterprise software development kit · mozilla/firefox · opensuse/opensuse · opensuse project/opensuse · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source
security@mozilla.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.