CVE-2014-1496
Published: 19 March 2014
Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 might allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the extracted Mar contents during an update.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| chrisccoulson | Bug affects Mozilla updater, which is not used in Ubuntu |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
firefox Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
lucid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| quantal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| saucy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(28.0)
|
|
|
thunderbird Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
lucid |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| precise |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| quantal |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| saucy |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(24.4.0)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |