VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-1483
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-02-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allow remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive information by using an IFRAME element in conjunction with certain timing measurements involving the document.caretPositionFromPoint and document.elementFromPoint functions.
Weakness classification
- CWE-1021: Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames
Primary references
- security@mozilla.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Broken Link
- security@mozilla.org — Broken Link
- security@mozilla.org — Broken Link
- security@mozilla.org — Broken Link
- security@mozilla.org — Broken Link
- security@mozilla.org — Vendor Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@mozilla.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry