CVE-2014-1590

The XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send method in Mozilla Firefox before 34.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.3, Thunderbird before 31.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted JavaScript object.

Published: 2014-12-11 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-1590 is rated Moderate Risk (42.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.00%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1590

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 2025-03-30 2.27% 1.00% -1.27%
2 2025-03-29 1.00% 2.27% +1.27%
3 2025-03-17 — 1.00% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1590

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1590

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1590

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2014-1590: 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-2014-1590
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1590
suse medium CVE-2014-1590 severity moderate: SUSE including 131 source package names (MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-102.11.0-150200.152.87.1, …), 269 product×package rows across 81 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand, … (81 product lines)): Fixed 238, Known Not Affected 31. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1590/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-1590 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (firefox, thunderbird), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 8, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1590

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1590

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox <= 31.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox <= 33.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey <= 2.30 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird <= 31.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1590

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