PT-2014-1458 · Mozilla+5 · Thunderbird+7

Published

2014-05-13

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Updated

2024-10-21

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CVE-2014-1538

CVSS v2.0

10

High

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 30.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 24.6 Thunderbird versions prior to 24.6
Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTextEditRules::CreateMozBR function. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service, which is a result of heap memory corruption. The vulnerability can be exploited via unspecified vectors.
Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 30.0, update to version 30.0 or later. For Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 24.6, update to version 24.6 or later. For Thunderbird versions prior to 24.6, update to version 24.6 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Use After Free

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1621
ALT-PU-2014-1978
BDU:2015-00423
BDU:2015-00455
BDU:2015-00671
BDU:2015-00694
CESA-2014_0741
CESA-2014_0742
CVE-2014-1538
DSA-2955-1
DSA-2960-1
MGASA-2014-0260
MGASA-2014-0419
OPENSUSE-SU-2014_0797-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2014_1100-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
RHSA-2014:0741
RHSA-2014:0742
RHSA-2014_0741
RHSA-2014_0742
USN-2243-1
USN-2250-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Centos
Firefox
Firefox Esr
Red Hat
Suse
Thunderbird
Ubuntu