CVE-2014-1507

Directory traversal vulnerability in the DeviceStorage API in Mozilla FirefoxOS before 1.2.2 allows attackers to bypass the media sandbox protection mechanism, and read or modify arbitrary files, via a crafted application that uses a relative pathname for a DeviceStorageFile object.

Published: 2014-03-19 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1507 is rated Moderate Risk (62/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.69%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1507

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 2026-03-05 0.94% 0.69% -0.24%
2 2025-03-30 1.94% 0.94% -1.00%
3 2025-03-29 1.94%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1507

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1507

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1507

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-1507 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (firefox), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, upstream): not-affected 3, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1507

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1507

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle solaris 11.3 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefoxos <= 1.2 cpe:2.3:o:mozilla:firefoxos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1507

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