CVE-2014-8631 - Improper Access Control

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 34.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.31 supports native-interface passing, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended DOM object restrictions via a call to an unspecified method.

The Chrome Object Wrapper (COW) implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 34.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.31 supports native-interface passing, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended DOM object restrictions via a call to an unspecified method.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Mozilla

First reported 10 years ago

2014-12-11 11:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-22 02:59:00

Affected Software

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla SeaMonkey

References

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-91.html

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=821573

GLSA-201504-01

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