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title: "CVE-2013-1714\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1714

Publication date 6 August 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The Web Workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0, Firefox ESR
17.x before 17.0.8, Thunderbird before 17.0.8, Thunderbird ESR 17.x before
17.0.8, and SeaMonkey before 2.20 does not properly restrict XMLHttpRequest
calls, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy and
conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via unspecified vectors.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 13.04 raring | Fixed 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 23.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 13.04 raring | Fixed 17.0.8+build1-0ubuntu0.13.04.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 17.0.8+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 17.0.8+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1714)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1714)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1714)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1714)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1925-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1925-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 7 August 2013

+ [USN-1924-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1924-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 6 August 2013

### Other references

* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2013/mfsa2013-73.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1714>