7.5
HIGH CVSS 2.0
CVE-2014-1574
Mozilla Firefox Denial of Service and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 15, 2014, 10:55 a.m.

Last Modified :

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

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-1574 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
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Multiple vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird could allow for denial of service or arbitrary code execution.
  • Update Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey to the latest versions.
  • For SUSE Linux systems, apply the appropriate security updates using YaST online_update or zypper.
  • For Gentoo Linux systems, update the affected packages using emerge.
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-2014-1574.

URL Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141796.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141085.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00003.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1635.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1647.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61387
http://secunia.com/advisories/61854
http://secunia.com/advisories/62021
http://secunia.com/advisories/62022
http://secunia.com/advisories/62023
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3050
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3061
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-74.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70436
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031028
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031030
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2372-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2373-1
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0421.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1011354
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1061214
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1061600
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1064346
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1072044
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1072174
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141796.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141085.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00003.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1635.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1647.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61387
http://secunia.com/advisories/61854
http://secunia.com/advisories/62021
http://secunia.com/advisories/62022
http://secunia.com/advisories/62023
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3050
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3061
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-74.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70436
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031028
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031030
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2372-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2373-1
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0421.html
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1011354
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1061214
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1061600
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1064346
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1072044
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1072174
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-1574 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-2014-1574 weaknesses.

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-2014-1574 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-1574 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141796.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141085.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00000.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00002.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00003.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1635.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1647.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/61387
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/61854
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62021
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62022
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62023
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3050
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3061
    Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-74.html
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70436
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031028
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031030
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2372-1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2373-1
    Added Reference https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0421.html
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1011354
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1061214
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1061600
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1064346
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1072044
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1072174
    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:31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:31.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Dec. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.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. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 19, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0421.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141796.html
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031030
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/61854
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/61387
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031028
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62023
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70436
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141085.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62022
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/62021
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 14, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2372-1
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2373-1
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1647.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00002.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00003.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1635.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3061
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3050
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00000.html
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

1.64 }} -3.56%

score

0.80275

percentile