CVE-2014-8638

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-01-13

Description

The navigator.sendBeacon implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.4, Thunderbird before 31.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.32 omits the CORS Origin header, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended CORS access-control checks and conduct cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks via a crafted web site.

See more information about CVE-2014-8638 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2015-0046	2015-01-14
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2015-0047	2015-01-13
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2015-0046	2015-01-14
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2015-0047	2015-01-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2015-0046	2015-01-14
Oracle Linux version 7 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2015-0046	2015-01-14

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