CVE-2014-1527: Medium severity fedoraproject fedora vulnerability

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2014-1527?

CVE-2014-1527 is rated as a moderate severity vulnerability affecting earlier versions of Firefox on Android.

Q: How do I fix CVE-2014-1527?

To fix CVE-2014-1527, update Firefox on Android to version 29.0 or later.

Q: What types of attacks can exploit CVE-2014-1527?

CVE-2014-1527 can be exploited by remote attackers to spoof the address bar using malicious JavaScript.

Q: Which versions of Firefox are affected by CVE-2014-1527?

CVE-2014-1527 affects Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 29.0 on Android.

Q: Is an affected system safe if it is using a browser other than Firefox as listed in CVE-2014-1527?

Yes, the vulnerability explicitly affects Mozilla Firefox on Android, so other browsers should not be impacted.

Published Apr 30, 2014

Updated

Mozilla Firefox before 29.0 on Android allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via crafted JavaScript code that uses DOM events to prevent the reemergence of the actual address bar after scrolling has taken it off of the screen.

Affected Software

440 affected components

fedoraproject fedora=19

Mozilla Firefox<=28.0

Mozilla Firefox=0.1

Mozilla Firefox=0.2

Mozilla Firefox=0.3

Mozilla Firefox=0.4

Mozilla Firefox=0.5

Mozilla Firefox=0.6

Mozilla Firefox=0.6.1

Mozilla Firefox=0.7

Mozilla Firefox=0.7.1

Mozilla Firefox=0.8

Mozilla Firefox=0.9

Mozilla Firefox=0.9-rc

Mozilla Firefox=0.9.1

Mozilla Firefox=0.9.2

Mozilla Firefox=0.9.3

Mozilla Firefox=0.10

Mozilla Firefox=0.10.1

Mozilla Firefox=1.0

Mozilla Firefox=1.0-preview_release

Mozilla Firefox=1.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=1.0.2

Mozilla Firefox=1.0.3

Mozilla Firefox=1.0.4

Mozilla Firefox=1.0.5

Mozilla Firefox=1.0.6

Mozilla Firefox=1.0.7

Mozilla Firefox=1.0.8

Mozilla Firefox=1.5

Mozilla Firefox=1.5-beta1

Mozilla Firefox=1.5-beta2

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.2

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.3

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.4

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.5

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.6

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.7

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.8

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.9

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.10

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.11

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.0.12

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.1

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.2

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.3

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.4

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.5

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.6

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.7

Mozilla Firefox=1.5.8

Mozilla Firefox=2.0

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.2

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.3

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.4

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.5

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.6

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.7

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.8

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.9

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.10

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.11

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.12

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.13

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.14

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.15

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.16

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.17

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.18

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.19

Mozilla Firefox=2.0.0.20

Mozilla Firefox=3.0

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.2

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.3

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.4

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.5

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.6

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.7

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.8

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.9

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.10

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.11

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.12

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.13

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.14

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.15

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.16

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.17

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.18

Mozilla Firefox=3.0.19

Mozilla Firefox=3.5

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.1

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.2

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.3

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.4

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.5

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.6

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.7

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.8

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.9

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.10

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.11

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.12

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.13

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.14

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.15

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.16

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.17

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.18

Mozilla Firefox=3.5.19

Mozilla Firefox=3.6

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.2

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.3

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.4

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.6

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.7

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.8

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.9

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.10

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.11

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.12

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.13

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.14

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.15

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.16

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.17

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.18

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.19

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.20

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.21

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.22

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.23

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.24

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.25

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.26

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.27

Mozilla Firefox=3.6.28

Mozilla Firefox=4.0

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta1

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta10

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta11

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta12

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta2

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta3

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta4

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta5

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta6

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta7

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta8

Mozilla Firefox=4.0-beta9

Mozilla Firefox=4.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=5.0

Mozilla Firefox=5.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=6.0

Mozilla Firefox=6.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=6.0.2

Mozilla Firefox=7.0

Mozilla Firefox=7.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=8.0

Mozilla Firefox=8.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=9.0

Mozilla Firefox=9.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=10.0

Mozilla Firefox=10.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=10.0.2

Mozilla Firefox=10.0.3

Mozilla Firefox=10.0.4

Mozilla Firefox=10.0.5

Mozilla Firefox=10.0.6

Mozilla Firefox=10.0.7

Mozilla Firefox=10.0.8

Mozilla Firefox=10.0.9

Mozilla Firefox=10.0.10

Mozilla Firefox=10.0.11

Mozilla Firefox=10.0.12

Mozilla Firefox=11.0

Mozilla Firefox=12.0

Mozilla Firefox=12.0-beta6

Mozilla Firefox=13.0

Mozilla Firefox=13.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=14.0

Mozilla Firefox=14.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=15.0

Mozilla Firefox=15.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=16.0

Mozilla Firefox=16.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=16.0.2

Mozilla Firefox=17.0.2

Mozilla Firefox=17.0.3

Mozilla Firefox=17.0.4

Mozilla Firefox=17.0.5

Mozilla Firefox=17.0.6

Mozilla Firefox=17.0.7

Mozilla Firefox=17.0.8

Mozilla Firefox=17.0.9

Mozilla Firefox=17.0.10

Mozilla Firefox=17.0.11

Mozilla Firefox=18.0

Mozilla Firefox=18.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=18.0.2

Mozilla Firefox=19.0

Mozilla Firefox=19.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=19.0.2

Mozilla Firefox=20.0

Mozilla Firefox=20.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=21.0

Mozilla Firefox=23.0

Mozilla Firefox=23.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=24.0

Mozilla Firefox=24.1

Mozilla Firefox=24.1.1

Mozilla Firefox=25.0

Mozilla Firefox=25.0.1

Mozilla Firefox=26.0

Mozilla Firefox=27.0

Mozilla Firefox=27.0.1

Google Android

Oracle Solaris=11.3

All of the following

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