CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-1505

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The SVG filter implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive displacement-correlation information and possibly bypass the Same Origin Policy to read text from a different domain via a timing attack involving feDisplacementMap elements.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to gain access to confidential data from other domains, potentially leading to privacy breaches and sensitive information leaks.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update browsers and applications to the latest versions to mitigate the risks associated with this vulnerability.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird, SeaMonkey

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Original NVD description (English source)

The SVG filter implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive displacement-correlation information, and possibly bypass the Same Origin Policy and read text from a different domain, via a timing attack involving feDisplacementMap elements, a related issue to CVE-2013-1693.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS