Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames Affecting firefox package, versions <27.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.62% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-FIREFOX-425450
  • published6 Feb 2014
  • disclosed6 Feb 2014

Introduced: 6 Feb 2014

CVE-2014-1483  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1021  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 firefox to version 27.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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