CVE-2014-1512

N/A
Published: March 19, 2014 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM UTC
16 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxFirefox

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 29%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 28.024.0 ≤ v < 24.4
Affected range stops below 28.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.25
Affected range stops below 2.25, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 24.4
Affected range stops below 24.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (15)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2881

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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