CVE-2014-1486

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the imgRequestProxy function in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving unspecified Content-Type values for image data.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.89% Top 10%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2119-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Y2fux-JW1Qc broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029721 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=942164 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717 vdb entry third party advisory
https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080 url repurposed broken link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0132.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56922 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56787 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56858 third party advisory broken link
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2858 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56763 third party advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0133.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/102872 vdb entry broken link
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=VYQsgaFpQ2k broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56888 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129218.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56761 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127966.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65334 vdb entry third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90890 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56767 third party advisory broken link
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-08.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56706 third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1486?
CVE-2014-1486 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1486?
To fix CVE-2014-1486, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-1486 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-1486 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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