CVE-2014-8636: mozilla firefox Code Injection
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-8636 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Code Injection vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 64.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3Timeline
- 14-01-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 does not properly interact with a DOM object that has a named getter, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via unspecified vectors.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
64.76%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
99%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 64.76% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundMozilla Firefox - Proxy Prototype Privileged JavaScript Injection (Metasploit)
Maturity: weaponized
Firefox Proxy Prototype Privileged Javascript Injection
exploit/multi/browser/firefox_proxy_prototype
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
2 vendors · 3 products
References
23 links- community.rapid7.com/community/…X Refsource MISC
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=987794X Refsource CONFIRM
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- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM