01 Record

CVE-2014-1538

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mozilla

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 4.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 91.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2014-06-11 10:00Z12 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 09:42Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2014-01-16

Assigning CNA

mozilla

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7862e747284bc4505bcd6ed02f8315b07118bcb9100ef9848a8a60e279628a8f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

mozillafirefoxNot specified—

mozillafirefox_esrNot specified—

mozillathunderbirdNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

06 References

secunia.com59229http://secunia.com/advisories/59229third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0819http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:0741http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0741.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2014:0824http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00023.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
secunia.com59387http://secunia.com/advisories/59387third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com59150http://secunia.com/advisories/59150third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.securitytracker.com1030388http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030388vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.securityfocus.com67976http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67976vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
secunia.com59052http://secunia.com/advisories/59052third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0855http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0797http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00019.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
www.mozilla.orghttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-49.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com59169http://secunia.com/advisories/59169third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com59165http://secunia.com/advisories/59165third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201504-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
secunia.com59866http://secunia.com/advisories/59866third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
linux.oracle.comhttp://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0742.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0858http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
secunia.com59377http://secunia.com/advisories/59377third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com59149http://secunia.com/advisories/59149third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107421x_refsource_CONFIRM
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2014:0742http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0742.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.ubuntu.comUSN-2243-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2243-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
www.debian.orgDSA-2960http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2960vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
www.debian.orgDSA-2955http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2955vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
www.securitytracker.com1030386http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030386vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
linux.oracle.comhttp://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0741.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com58984http://secunia.com/advisories/58984third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com59170http://secunia.com/advisories/59170third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
bugzilla.mozilla.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005584x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com59425http://secunia.com/advisories/59425third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com59171http://secunia.com/advisories/59171third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com59328http://secunia.com/advisories/59328third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com59275http://secunia.com/advisories/59275third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.ubuntu.comUSN-2250-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2250-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
secunia.com59486http://secunia.com/advisories/59486third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

07 Fixed in

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

firefox
Fixed in 30.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
thunderbird
Fixed in 1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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