CVE-2014-1590: mozilla firefox Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-1590 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 4.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 5Timeline
- 11-12-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.68%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
77%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.68% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Mozilla3 products
- firefox≤ 31.2 | ≤ 33.0
- seamonkey≤ 2.30
- thunderbird≤ 31.2
Ubuntu2 products
- firefox< 34.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- thunderbird< 1:31.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
2 vendors · 5 products
References
14 links- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1087633X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
