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CVSS 8.8 · HIGH

CVE-2014-1529

The Web Notification API in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended source-component restrictions and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in a privileged context via a crafted web page for which Notification.permission is granted.

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Severity

Score: 8.8(HIGH)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV: NETWORK
AC: LOW
PR: NONE
UI: REQUIRED
S: UNCHANGED
C: HIGH
I: HIGH
A: HIGH
Weakness (CWE): CWE-269

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0132 (1.3%)
Percentile: 80.0%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

mozilla:firefoxmozilla:seamonkeymozilla:thunderbirdcanonical:ubuntu_linuxdebian:debian_linuxredhat:enterprise_linux_desktopredhat:enterprise_linux_eusredhat:enterprise_linux_serverredhat:enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat:enterprise_linux_server_eusredhat:enterprise_linux_server_tusredhat:enterprise_linux_workstationfedoraproject:fedoraopensuse:opensusesuse:suse_linux_enterprise_server

Technical description

The Web Notification API in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to bypass intended source-component restrictions and execute arbitrary JavaScript code in a privileged context via a crafted web page for which Notification.permission is granted.

Published: 4/30/2014, 10:49:04 AM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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