CVE-2014-1532

9.8 CRITICAL
Published: April 30, 2014 Modified: November 25, 2025

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHostResolver::ConditionallyRefreshRecord function in libxul.so in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via vectors related to host resolution.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132332.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List 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/msg00013.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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00040.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0448.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0449.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
Source: security@mozilla.org
Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2918
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2924
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-46.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67130
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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.securitytracker.com/id/1030165
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2189-1
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=966006
Source: security@mozilla.org
Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
Source: security@mozilla.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132332.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List 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/msg00013.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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00040.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0448.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0449.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2918
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2924
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-46.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.securityfocus.com/bid/67130
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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.securitytracker.com/id/1030165
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
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2189-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=966006
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

46 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
9.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.9%
89th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

suse redhat canonical mozilla debian fedoraproject opensuse