--- title: "CVE-2014-1583\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1583?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-1583 Publication date 14 October 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The Alarm API in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0 and Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2 does not properly restrict toJSON calls, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Same Origin Policy via crafted API calls that access sensitive information within the JSON data of an alarm. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | firefox | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | --- * [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-2014-1583) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1583) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1583) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1583) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-2372-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2372-1) + Firefox vulnerabilities + 14 October 2014 ### Other references * *