CVE-2014-1525

N/A Unknown
Published: April 30, 2014 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

The mozilla::dom::TextTrack::AddCue function in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.26 does not properly perform garbage collection for Text Track Manager variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and heap memory corruption) via a crafted VIDEO element in an HTML document.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-39.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.securitytracker.com/id/1030163
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030164
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989210
Source: security@mozilla.org
Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-39.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030163
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030164
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989210
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.9%
83th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416 CWE-787

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject canonical mozilla opensuse

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