{"id":"CVE-2014-6041","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-6041","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T06:48:53.676Z","title":"The Android WebView in Android before 4.4 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted attribute containing a \\u0000 character, as demonstrated by an onclick=\"window.open('\\u0000javascript: sequence to the Android Browser…","description":"The Android WebView in Android before 4.4 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via a crafted attribute containing a \\u0000 character, as demonstrated by an onclick=\"window.open('\\u0000javascript: sequence to the Android Browser application 4.2.1 or a third-party web browser.","published":"2014-09-02T10:55:05.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:12:30.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["google/android browser"],"epss":{"score":0.18278,"percentile":0.97228,"date":"2026-11-04","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.rafayhackingarticles.net/2014/08/android-browser-same-origin-policy.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69548","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/webkit/+/1368e05e8875f00e8d2529fe6050d08b55ea4d87","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/webkit/+/7e4405a7a12750ee27325f065b9825c25b40598c","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/09/15/major-android-bug-is-a-privacy-disaster-cve-2014-6041","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95693","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8321185","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8325807","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.rafayhackingarticles.net/2014/08/android-browser-same-origin-policy.html","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69548","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/webkit/+/1368e05e8875f00e8d2529fe6050d08b55ea4d87","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/webkit/+/7e4405a7a12750ee27325f065b9825c25b40598c","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/09/15/major-android-bug-is-a-privacy-disaster-cve-2014-6041","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95693","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8321185","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8325807","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6041","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}