UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1583

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1583

    Published: 14 Oct 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-1583
    Aliases:
    USN-2372-1

    Summary:

    Details: The Alarm API in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0 and Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2 does not properly restrict toJSON calls, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted API calls that access sensitive information within the JSON data of an alarm.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1583, https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-82.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2372-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1583

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High