CVE-2014-1496 [Medium] | Privilege Escalation in Firefox

CVE-2014-1496 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2023-03-07	1.02%	0.09%	-0.93%
2	2022-02-04	—	1.02%	—

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2023-03-07

1.02%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]
1.9	2.0	LOW	`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:L) Requires local access to the target system. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	3.4	2.9	[email protected]

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Severity

Vector

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5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

1.9

2.0

LOW

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:L): Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

3.4

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1496

vendor	priority	summary	link
`gentoo`	normal	CVE-2014-1496: 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-2014-1496
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1496
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2014-1496 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (firefox, thunderbird), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, upstream): not-affected 6, ignored 2, released 2.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1496

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1496

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
mozilla	firefox	< 28.0	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
mozilla	firefox	>= 24.0, < 24.4	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox::::::::
mozilla	seamonkey	< 2.25	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey::::::::
mozilla	thunderbird	< 24.4	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird::::::::
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	11.0	cpe:2.3:a:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11.0:sp3::::::
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_desktop	11	cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3::::::
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_server	11	cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3::::::
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_server	11	cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3::::vmware::*

References for CVE-2014-1496

URL	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-16.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=925747	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01	Third Party Advisory

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