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Vulnerability · CVE-2014-8636

Mozilla Firefox Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Published Jan 9, 2017 · catalog updated Jan 9, 2017 · Mozilla Firefox

Patch now

CVE-2014-8636 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Mozilla Firefox against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
64.76%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Mozilla Firefox

The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 does not properly interact with a DOM object that has a named getter, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via unspecified vectors.

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  • vendor Mozilla Firefoxversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2014-8636

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2014-8636 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Mozilla Firefox against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 64.76%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 9, 2017 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 does not properly interact with a DOM object that has a named getter, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via unspecified vectors.

  2. Jan 9, 2017 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2014-8636

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2014-8636

    30-day exploitation probability 64.8%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2014-8636

    The XrayWrapper implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 does not properly interact with a DOM object that has a named getter, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with chrome privileges via unspecified vectors.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.