Description
Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 does not properly restrict access to about:home buttons by script on other pages, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (session restore) via a crafted web site.
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
- 102874 vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0212 vendor-advisory
- 1029717 vdb-entry
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-10.html
- 65329 vdb-entry
- USN-2102-2 vendor-advisory
- GLSA-201504-01 vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- 56888 third-party-advisory
- firefox-cve20141489-sec-bypass(90888) vdb-entry
- SUSE-SU-2014:0248 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=959531
- USN-2102-1 vendor-advisory