CVSS 5.5 · MEDIUM

CVE-2014-1496

Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 might allow local users to gain privileges by modifying the extracted Mar contents during an update.

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Severity

Score: 5.5(MEDIUM)

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

AV: LOCAL

AC: LOW

PR: NONE

UI: REQUIRED

S: UNCHANGED

C: NONE

I: HIGH

A: NONE

Weakness (CWE): CWE-269

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0006 (0.1%)

Percentile: 19.5%

EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

mozilla:firefoxmozilla:seamonkeymozilla:thunderbirdsuse:suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kitsuse:suse_linux_enterprise_desktopsuse:suse_linux_enterprise_server

Technical description

Published: 3/19/2014, 10:55:06 AM

Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

References

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Actively exploited

KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities) is CISA's catalog of CVEs confirmed as actively exploited in the real world. If a CVE is on KEV, someone is already using it in attacks.

CVSS 10.0

CVSS 10.0 — máxima severidad teórica. Explotable de forma remota, sin privilegios, con impacto total. Aún no confirmada como explotada en el mundo real, pero parchea ya.

AI-recommended

Un modelo de lenguaje revisó el CVE y consideró que afecta a software ampliamente desplegado o herramientas comunes de desarrollo. Un humano del equipo aprobó la publicación antes de que llegara aquí.

Categorías de impacto que evalúa la IA

widely_deployed_infra — kernel Linux, OpenSSL, glibc, k8s, Docker, nginx, OpenSSH.

popular_dev_tooling — Node.js, Python, Go, React, Next.js, librerías comunes de npm/pip.

common_consumer_software — Chrome, Firefox, Windows, macOS, apps móviles populares.

enterprise_saas — GitHub, GitLab, Atlassian, Salesforce, Cisco, Fortinet, Ivanti.

niche_software — CMS regionales, herramientas de hobby, librerías de poco uso.

not_relevant — firmware específico de proveedor, software descontinuado.

EPSS — EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) by FIRST.org estimates the probability that a CVE will be exploited in the next 30 days. Range is 0 to 1; very fresh CVEs typically score low until evidence accumulates.