CVE-2014-1493

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.18% Top 25%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=896268 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66412 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=967341 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2911 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2151-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-15.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2881 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=960145 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=965982 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=977538 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=963974 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=958867 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1493?
CVE-2014-1493 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1493?
To fix CVE-2014-1493, 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-2014-1493 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-1493 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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