CVE-2014-1483

N/A Unknown

Published: February 06, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://osvdb.org/102869

Source: security@mozilla.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/56706

Source: security@mozilla.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/56767

Source: security@mozilla.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/56787

Source: security@mozilla.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/56888

Source: security@mozilla.org

Broken Link

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-05.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

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

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65316

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080

Source: security@mozilla.org

Broken Link URL Repurposed

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=950427

Source: security@mozilla.org

Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90893

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html