CVE-2014-1512

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 17.91% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-30.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=982957 issue tracking exploit 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.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2881 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html mailing list third party advisory 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
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-03/0145.html mailing list broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66209 vdb entry third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1512?
CVE-2014-1512 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1512?
To fix CVE-2014-1512, 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-2014-1512 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-1512 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~18% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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