CVE-2014-1512

N/A Unknown

Published: March 19, 2014 Modified: November 25, 2025

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-03/0145.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Broken Link

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2881

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2911

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-30.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66209

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2151-1

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=982957

Source: security@mozilla.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-03/0145.html