CVE-2014-1561
Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 does not properly restrict use of drag-and-drop events to spoof...
Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 does not properly restrict use of drag-and-drop events to spoof customization events, which allows remote attackers to alter the placement of UI icons via crafted JavaScript code that is encountered during (1) page, (2) panel, or (3) toolbar customization.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
5.8
Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 does not properly restrict use of drag-and-drop events to spoof customization events, which allows remote attackers to alter the placement of UI icons via crafted JavaScript code that is encountered during (1) page, (2) panel, or (3) toolbar customization.
- Record
CVE-2014-1561- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 does not properly restrict use of drag-and-drop events to spoof customization events, which allows remote attackers to alter the placement of UI icons via crafted JavaScript code that is encountered during (1) page, (2) panel, or (3) toolbar customization.
- Record
CVE-2014-1561- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-1637 No score
Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 does not properly restrict use of drag-and-drop events to spoof customization events, which allows remote attackers to alter the placement of UI icons via crafted JavaScript code that is encountered during (1) page, (2) panel, or (3) toolbar customization.
- Record
EUVD-2014-1637- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pp62-p6gv-gqgj No score
Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 does not properly restrict use of drag-and-drop events to spoof...
Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 does not properly restrict use of drag-and-drop events to spoof customization events, which allows remote attackers to alter the placement of UI icons via crafted JavaScript code that is encountered during (1) page, (2) panel, or (3) toolbar customization.
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GHSA-pp62-p6gv-gqgj- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2014-0419 No score
Updated iceape package fixes security vulnerabilities
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.6, and Thunderbird before 24.6 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. (CVE-2014-1533)
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. (CVE-2014-1534)
The PropertyProvider::FindJustificationRange function in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2014-1536)
Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::dom::workers::WorkerPrivateParent function in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2014-1537)
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTextEditRules::CreateMozBR function in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.6, and Thunderbird before 24.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2014-1538)
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::CompileEventHandlerInternal function in the Event Listener Manager in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via crafted web content. (CVE-2014-1540)
Use-after-free vulnerability in the RefreshDriverTimer::Tick*Driver function in the SMIL Animation Controller in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.6, and Thunderbird before 24.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via crafted web content. (CVE-2014-1541)
Buffer overflow in the Speex resampler in the Web Audio subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a crafted AudioBuffer channel count and sample rate. (CVE-2014-1542)
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. (CVE-2014-1547)
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 and Thunderbird before 31.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors. (CVE-2014-1548)
The mozilla::dom::AudioBufferSourceNodeEngine::CopyFromInputBuffer function in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 and Thunderbird before 31.0 does not properly allocate Web Audio buffer memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via crafted audio content that is improperly handled during playback buffering. (CVE-2014-1549)
Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaInputPort class in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 and Thunderbird before 31.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by leveraging incorrect Web Audio control-message ordering. (CVE-2014-1550)
Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 does not properly restrict use of drag-and-drop events to spoof customization events, which allows remote attackers to alter the placement of UI icons via crafted JavaScript code that is encountered during (1) page, (2) panel, or (3) toolbar customization. (CVE-2014-1561)
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsDocLoader::OnProgress function in…
- Record
MGASA-2014-0419- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 No score
MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 No score
firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-1561 No score
Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 does not properly restrict use of drag-and-drop events to spoof customization events, which allows remote attackers to alter the placement of UI icons via crafted JavaScript code that is encountered during (1) page, (2) panel, or (3) toolbar customization.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1561- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2295-1 No score
firefox vulnerabilities
Christian Holler, David Keeler, Byron Campen, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Andrew McCreight, Alon Zakai, Bobby Holley, Jonathan Watt, Shu-yu Guo, Steve Fink, Terrence Cole, Gijs Kruitbosch and Cătălin Badea discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-1547, CVE-2014-1548)
Atte Kettunen discovered a buffer overflow when interacting with WebAudio buffers. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-1549)
Atte Kettunen discovered a use-after-free in WebAudio. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-1550)
David Chan and Gijs Kruitbosch discovered that web content could spoof UI customization events in some circumstances, resulting in a limited ability to move UI icons. (CVE-2014-1561)
Jethro Beekman discovered a use-after-free when the FireOnStateChange event is triggered in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the priviliges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-1555)
Patrick Cozzi discovered a crash when using the Cesium JS library to generate WebGL content. An attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privilges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-1556)
Tyson Smith and Jesse Schwartzentruber discovered a use-after-free in CERT_DestroyCertificate. An attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-1544)
A crash was discovered in Skia when scaling an image, if the scaling operation takes too long. An attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-1557)
Christian Holler discovered several issues when parsing certificates with non-standard character encoding, resulting in the inability to use valid SSL certificates in some circumstances. (CVE-2014-1558, CVE-2014-1559, CVE-2014-1560)
Boris Zbarsky discovered that network redirects could cause an iframe to escape the confinements defined by its sandbox attribute in some circumstances. An attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. (CVE-2014-1552)
- Record
USN-2295-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
iceapeMageia:3 |
before 2.30-1.mga3 | 2.30-1.mga3 |
iceapeMageia:4 |
before 2.30-1.mga4 | 2.30-1.mga4 |
firefoxUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions 24.0+build1-0ubuntu125.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.128.0~b2+build1-0ubuntu228.0+build1-0ubuntu128.0+build2-0ubuntu128.0+build2-0ubuntu229.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.230.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3 |
31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
MozillaFirefoxopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 50.1.0-1.1 | 50.1.0-1.1 |
firefox-esropenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 128.5.1-1.1 | 128.5.1-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-1561 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Mozilla Firefox, published July 22, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.14%, the 82nd percentile. Fixed in iceape 2.30-1.mga3.
References
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=910375
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-60.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1000514
securitytracker.com/id/1030619
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secunia.com/advisories/60628
secunia.com/advisories/59760
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1561
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pp62-p6gv-gqgj
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0419.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14318
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-48.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-49.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-51.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-52.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-53.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-56.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-57.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-58.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-61.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-62.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-64.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-65.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-66.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-67.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-68.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-69.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-70.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-72.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-74.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-75.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-76.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-77.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-78.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-79.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-80.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-81.html
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-82.html
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1561
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2295-1
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1561
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1544
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1547
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1548
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1549
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1550
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1552
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1555
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1556
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1557
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1558
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1559
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1560
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