CVE-2014-1541

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the RefreshDriverTimer::TickDriver function in the SMIL Animation Controller in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.6, and Thunderbird before 24.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via crafted web content.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.68% Top 30%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/59229	third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67979	vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0741.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00023.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59387	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59150	third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030388	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/59052	third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00019.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59169	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59165	third party advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866	third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0742.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00004.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-52.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59377	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59149	third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0742.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2243-1	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2960	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2955	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1000185
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030386	vdb entry
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0741.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/58984	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59170	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59425	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59171	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59328	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59275	third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2250-1	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59486	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1541?: CVE-2014-1541 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1541?: To fix CVE-2014-1541, 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-2014-1541 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-1541 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.