9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2014-1555
Mozilla Firefox Use-after-free Vulnerability in nsDocLoader
Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsDocLoader::OnProgress function in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a FireOnStateChange event.

INFO

Published Date :

July 23, 2014, 11:12 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-1555 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-2014-1555.

URL Resource
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0918.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59591
http://secunia.com/advisories/59719
http://secunia.com/advisories/59760
http://secunia.com/advisories/60083
http://secunia.com/advisories/60306
http://secunia.com/advisories/60486
http://secunia.com/advisories/60621
http://secunia.com/advisories/60628
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2996
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-61.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68814
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1023121
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0918.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59591
http://secunia.com/advisories/59719
http://secunia.com/advisories/59760
http://secunia.com/advisories/60083
http://secunia.com/advisories/60306
http://secunia.com/advisories/60486
http://secunia.com/advisories/60621
http://secunia.com/advisories/60628
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2996
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-61.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68814
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1023121
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).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-1555 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-1555 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.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0918.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59591
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59719
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59760
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60083
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60306
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60486
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60621
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60628
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2996
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-61.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68814
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1023121
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
  • 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:24.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Jan. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68814 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60628 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60621 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60486 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60306 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60083 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59760 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59719 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59591 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0918.html [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
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 14, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2996
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 23, 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-2014-1555 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-2014-1555 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

1.80 }} -3.75%

score

0.81184

percentile

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