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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-1489 · published 6 February 2014

CVE-2014-1489: Oracle solaris permissions and access controls vulnerability

Oracle · Solaris

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.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.9% · top 20.9% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
1.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
8Affected product versions listed by NVD
26References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

8 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/102874
http://secunia.com/advisories/56888
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-10.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65329
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=959531 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90888
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/102874
http://secunia.com/advisories/56888
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-10.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65329
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=959531 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90888
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-1489), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.