CVE-2013-5614

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-5614  

Mozilla Firefox before 26.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.23 do not properly consider the sandbox attribute of an IFRAME element during processing of a contained OBJECT element, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions via a crafted web site.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Mozilla Firefox before 26.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.23 do not properly consider the sandbox attribute of an IFRAME element during processing of a contained OBJECT element, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions via a crafted web site.

Find out more about CVE-2013-5614 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) RHSA-2013:1823 2013-12-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) RHSA-2013:1823 2013-12-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) RHSA-2013:1823 2013-12-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) RHSA-2013:1812 2013-12-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) RHSA-2013:1812 2013-12-11

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Daniel Veditz as the original reporter.

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