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CVE-2014-1590 (GCVE-0-2014-1590)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-11 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:42
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Summary
The XMLHttpRequest.prototype.send method in Mozilla Firefox before 34.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.3, Thunderbird before 31.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted JavaScript object.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-12-02 00:00
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