10.0
CRITICAL
CVE-2014-1538
Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTextEditRules::CreateMozBR function in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.6, and Thunderbird before 24.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

June 11, 2014, 10:57 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 21, 2024, 1:55 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-1538 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Mozilla firefox
2 Mozilla firefox_esr
3 Mozilla thunderbird
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-1538.

URL Resource
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0741.html
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0742.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00023.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00004.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0741.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0742.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/58984
http://secunia.com/advisories/59052
http://secunia.com/advisories/59149
http://secunia.com/advisories/59150
http://secunia.com/advisories/59165
http://secunia.com/advisories/59169
http://secunia.com/advisories/59170
http://secunia.com/advisories/59171
http://secunia.com/advisories/59229
http://secunia.com/advisories/59275
http://secunia.com/advisories/59328
http://secunia.com/advisories/59377
http://secunia.com/advisories/59387
http://secunia.com/advisories/59425
http://secunia.com/advisories/59486
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2955
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2960
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-49.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67976
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030386
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030388
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2243-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2250-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005584
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107421
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-1538 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-1538 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:24.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:24.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 28, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107421 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2250-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2243-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2960 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2955 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0742.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00023.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00019.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0741.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59486 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59425 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59328 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 11, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-1538 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-1538 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

7.81 }} 0.05%

score

0.93523

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability