CVE-2014-1480: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 12.10 only; version 13.10 only
• Mozilla Firefox: before 27.0 (fixed in 27.0)
• Mozilla Seamonkey: before 2.24 (fixed in 2.24)
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 11.4 only; version 12.3 only; version 13.1 only
• Oracle Solaris: version 11.3 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 11 only
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: version 11 only

Published 2014-02-06. Last modified 2026-06-17.