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.
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.
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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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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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 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-25.html | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=940684 | Issue Tracking |