PT-2014-1291 · Mozilla+5 · Thunderbird+8

Published

2014-04-29

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Updated

2024-12-12

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CVE-2014-1532

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 29.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 24.5 Thunderbird versions prior to 24.5 SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.26
Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHostResolver::ConditionallyRefreshRecord function. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via vectors related to host resolution. The exploitation is possible by manipulating server permissions.
Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 29.0, update to version 29.0 or later. For Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 24.5, update to version 24.5 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 24.5, update to version 24.5 or later. For SeaMonkey versions prior to 2.26, update to version 2.26 or later.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

RCE

Use After Free

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1620
ALT-PU-2014-1621
ALT-PU-2014-1678
BDU:2015-00073
BDU:2015-00074
BDU:2015-00075
BDU:2015-00076
CESA-2014_0448
CESA-2014_0449
CVE-2014-1532
DSA-2918-1
DSA-2924-1
MGASA-2014-0201
MGASA-2014-0259
OPENSUSE-SU-2014_1100-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
RHSA-2014:0448
RHSA-2014:0449
RHSA-2014_0448
RHSA-2014_0449
USN-2185-1
USN-2189-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Centos
Firefox
Firefox Esr
Red Hat
Seamonkey
Suse
Thunderbird
Ubuntu