CVE-2014-1512
HIGHEPSS 98th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-03/0145.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2881
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2911
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-30.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66209
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2151-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=982957
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
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