Is CVE-2014-1480 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-1480 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-1480?

CVE-2014-1480 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-1480

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.7%EU EUVD

The file-download implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 does not properly restrict the timing of button selections, which allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks, and trigger unintended launching of a downloaded file, via a crafted web site.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-1021
EPSS score: 2.7% (86th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-1556)
Published: February 6, 2014
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-1556 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
mozilla / firefox
mozilla / seamonkey
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
oracle / solaris
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 on IBM System z - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0852-2013 - archived
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2 including KVM virtualization - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0787-2013 - archived

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/102867(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/56888(Broken Link)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-03.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65331(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=916726(Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90897(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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