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CVE-2014-8639· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mozilla

Mozilla Firefox before 35.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.4, Thunderbird before 31.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.32 do not properly interpret Set-

Mozilla Firefox before 35.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.4, Thunderbird before 31.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.32 do not properly interpret Set-Cookie headers within responses that have a 407 (aka Proxy Authentication Required) status code, which allows remote HTTP proxy servers to conduct session fixation attacks by providing a cookie name that corresponds to the session cookie of the origin server.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jan 14, 2015
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.9% · 79th percentile
CWE
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CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
mozillaseamonkey
mozillafirefox
mozillafirefox esr
mozillathunderbird

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • mozilla firefoxup to 34.0.5 inclusive
  • mozilla firefox31.0
  • mozilla firefox31.1.0
  • mozilla firefox31.1.1
  • mozilla firefox31.3.0
  • mozilla firefox esr31.2
  • mozilla seamonkeyup to 2.31 inclusive
  • mozilla thunderbirdup to 31.3.0 inclusive

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:7icedovebefore 31.4.0-1~deb7u131.4.0-1~deb7u1
Debian:7iceweaselbefore 31.4.0esr-1~deb7u131.4.0esr-1~deb7u1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientfirefoxbefore 0:31.4.0-1.el5_110:31.4.0-1.el5_11
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:31.4.0-1.el5_110:31.4.0-1.el5_11
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientthunderbirdbefore 0:31.4.0-1.el5_110:31.4.0-1.el5_11
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientthunderbird-debuginfobefore 0:31.4.0-1.el5_110:31.4.0-1.el5_11
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientfirefoxbefore 0:31.4.0-1.el6_60:31.4.0-1.el6_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:31.4.0-1.el6_60:31.4.0-1.el6_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientthunderbirdbefore 0:31.4.0-1.el6_60:31.4.0-1.el6_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientthunderbird-debuginfobefore 0:31.4.0-1.el6_60:31.4.0-1.el6_6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientfirefoxbefore 0:31.4.0-1.el7_00:31.4.0-1.el7_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientfirefox-debuginfobefore 0:31.4.0-1.el7_00:31.4.0-1.el7_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientxulrunnerbefore 0:31.4.0-1.el7_00:31.4.0-1.el7_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientxulrunner-debuginfobefore 0:31.4.0-1.el7_00:31.4.0-1.el7_0
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientxulrunner-develbefore 0:31.4.0-1.el7_00:31.4.0-1.el7_0

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    52Plan
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    42Plan
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    42Plan
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    42Plan
  • CVE-2013-1702Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 23.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.20 allow remote attackers t
    42Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:icedove31.4.0-1~deb7u1 · Debian:7Package registry (OSV)
debian:iceweasel31.4.0esr-1~deb7u1 · Debian:7Package registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox0:31.4.0-1.el5_11 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:firefox-debuginfo0:31.4.0-1.el5_11 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:thunderbird0:31.4.0-1.el5_11 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:thunderbird-debuginfo0:31.4.0-1.el5_11 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:xulrunner0:31.4.0-1.el7_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:xulrunner-debuginfo0:31.4.0-1.el7_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:xulrunner-devel0:31.4.0-1.el7_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::clientPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

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    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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