PT-2014-4233 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox+7

Published 2014-10-01 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2014-1581

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 33.0 Firefox ESR versions 31.x prior to 31.2 Thunderbird versions 31.x prior to 31.2

Description A use-after-free issue in DirectionalityUtils.cpp allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via improperly handled text during the interaction between directionality resolution and layout.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 33.0, update to version 33.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions 31.x prior to 31.2, update to version 31.2 or later. For Thunderbird versions 31.x prior to 31.2, update to version 31.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-2225

ALT-PU-2014-2226

ALT-PU-2015-1464

CESA-2014_1635

CESA-2014_1647

CVE-2014-1581

DSA-3050-1

DSA-3061-1

MGASA-2014-0419

MGASA-2014-0421

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2014:1635

RHSA-2014:1647

RHSA-2014_1635

RHSA-2014_1647

USN-2372-1

USN-2373-1

ZDI-14-427

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox Esr

Firefox

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2334

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_proxy_prototype.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_pdfjs_privilege_escalation.rb · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09815 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8635 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-82.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2715 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8638 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-68.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0826 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0831 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09885 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0805 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-70.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1635.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2706 · Security Note