CVE-2014-8636

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

63.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2015-01-14 11:00Z11 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 13:26Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2014-11-06

Assigning CNA

mozilla

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
• CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary PrivilegesBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

389f9b807d4576819f8f1f87162398bb7cf096d135fa0654e5399d3be1a42617

• community.rapid7.comhttps://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2015/03/23/r7-2015-04-disclosure-mozilla-firefox-proxy-prototype-rce-cve-2014-8636x_refsource_MISC
• secunia.com62242http://secunia.com/advisories/62242third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130972/Firefox-Proxy-Prototype-Privileged-Javascript-Injection.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com72041http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72041vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1031533http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031533vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0192http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=987794x_refsource_CONFIRM
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfirefox-cve20148636-sec-bypass(99964)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99964vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• secunia.com62250http://secunia.com/advisories/62250third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:0173http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00033.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0077http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00014.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• secunia.com62418http://secunia.com/advisories/62418third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:0171http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00032.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201504-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• secunia.com62790http://secunia.com/advisories/62790third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2015-09.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• secunia.com62446http://secunia.com/advisories/62446third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:0180http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00036.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE