# CVE-2014-1510: The Web IDL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2014-03-19 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The Web IDL implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges by using an IDL fragment to trigger a window.open call.

## What to do

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## References

- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2911
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2151-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66206
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2881
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=982906
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-29.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34448
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_webidl_injection.rb

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