CVE-2014-1483

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.

Published: 2014-02-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-1483 is rated Moderate Risk (51/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.47%). EPSS rose +2.19% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1483

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.28% 2.47% +2.19%
2 2025-03-30 0.94% 0.28% -0.66%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.94% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1483

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1483

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1483

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2014-1483: 1 GLSA(s) (201504-01), 7 atom(s) (dev-libs/nspr, mail-client/thunderbird, …); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-1483
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1483
suse critical CVE-2014-1483 severity critical: SUSE including 74 source package names (MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, MozillaFirefox-24.3.0esr-0.4.2.1, …), 144 product×package rows across 32 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, … (32 product lines)): Fixed 144. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1483/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-1483 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (firefox), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, upstream): released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1483

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1483

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle solaris 11.3 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 13.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox < 27.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey < 2.24 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11.0 cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:-:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:vmware:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1483

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/102869 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56706 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56767 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56787 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56888 Broken Link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-05.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65316 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2 Third Party Advisory
https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080 Broken Link URL Repurposed
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=950427 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90893 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 Third Party Advisory
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