Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 14, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-8638
CVE-2014-8638
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.
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Affected products
13cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=34.0.5
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <35.0
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=31.3.0
- (no CPE)range: <31.4
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 128.5.1-1.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 50.1.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.5.1-1.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
39- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2015-03.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0046.htmlnvd
- linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0047.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00014.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00032.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00033.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00036.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00002.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00071.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0046.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0047.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62237nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62242nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62250nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62253nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62259nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62273nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62274nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62283nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62293nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62304nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62313nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62315nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62316nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62418nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62446nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62657nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/62790nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3127nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3132nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72047nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031533nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031534nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2460-1nvd
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99958nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01nvd
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