CVE-2014-1512
HIGH severity · CVSS 10 · Use-after-free
10CVSS HIGH
Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the TypeObject class in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering extensive memory consumption while garbage collection is occurring, as demonstrated by improper handling of BumpChunk objects.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)31%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-03/0145.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2881Advisory