CVE-2014-8639

What it is

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.

At a glance

Exploitability

Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.

Exploit odds

1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

1. 2015-01-14 11:59 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-06-17 00:17 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

• Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
• Exploit odds: 1.9% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
• Severity: 6.8 MEDIUM (CVSS).
• Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published

2015-01-14 11:59 UTC

Last modified

2026-06-17 00:17 UTC

Exploit probability

1.9% · EPSS, next 30 days

Record status

Modified

Affected

• Mozilla Seamonkey ≤ 2.31
• Mozilla Firefox ≤ 34.0.5
• Mozilla Firefox 31.0
• Mozilla Firefox 31.1.0
• Mozilla Firefox 31.1.1
• Mozilla Firefox 31.3.0
• Mozilla Firefox Esr 31.2
• Mozilla Thunderbird ≤ 31.3.0

Attack profile CVSS 2.0 · 6.8

Attack vector

Network

Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

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