Description
Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 on Android 4.2 and earlier creates system-log entries containing profile paths, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 50.1.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | firefox-esr | 128.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0212 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=953993
- 102870 vdb-entry
- 20140326 Firefox for Android Profile Directory Derandomization and Data Exfiltration (CVE-2014-1484, CVE-2014-1506, CVE-2014-1515, CVE-2014-1516) mailing-list
- 65323 vdb-entry
- 1029719 vdb-entry
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- firefox-android-cve20141484-info-disc(90892) vdb-entry
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-06.html
- SUSE-SU-2014:0248 vendor-advisory