CVE-2014-1488

Description

The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving termination of a worker process that has performed a cross-thread object-passing operation in conjunction with use of asm.js.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.87% Top 30%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65321	vdb entry third party 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
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-11.html	vendor advisory
https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080	url repurposed broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56787	third party advisory broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720	vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2	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
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90887	vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56888	third party advisory broken link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html	mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/102875	vdb entry broken link
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=950604	issue tracking vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.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://secunia.com/advisories/56706	third party advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1488?: CVE-2014-1488 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1488?: To fix CVE-2014-1488, 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-2014-1488 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-1488 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.