Explain CVE-2014-1487
The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and obtain sensitive authentication information via vectors involving error messages.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'USN-2119-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2119-1'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Y2fux-JW1Qc'}, {'name': '1029721', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029721'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2014:0212', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=947592'}, {'name': '1029717', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717'}, {'name': '65330', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65330'}, {'name': 'mozilla-cve20141487-info-disc(90889)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90889'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2014:0132', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0132.html'}, {'name': '56922', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/56922'}, {'name': '56787', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/56787'}, {'name': '1029720', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720'}, {'name': '56858', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/56858'}, {'name': 'DSA-2858', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2858'}, {'name': '56763', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/56763'}, {'name': 'USN-2102-2', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2'}, {'name': '102873', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_OSVDB'], 'url': 'http://osvdb.org/102873'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2014:0133', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0133.html'}, {'name': 'GLSA-201504-01', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=VYQsgaFpQ2k'}, {'name': '56888', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/56888'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2014-2083', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129218.html'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2014:0419', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html'}, {'name': '56761', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/56761'}, {'name': 'FEDORA-2014-2041', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_FEDORA'], 'url': 'http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127966.html'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SU-2014:0248', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2014:0213', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.html'}, {'name': 'USN-2102-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1'}, {'name': '56767', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/56767'}, {'name': '56706', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/56706'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-09.html'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED