CVE-2014-1551

N/A Unknown
Published: July 23, 2014 Modified: November 25, 2025
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Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the FontTableRec destructor in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted use of fonts in MathML content, leading to improper handling of a DirectWrite font-face object.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59760
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-59.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620
Source: security@mozilla.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1018234
Source: security@mozilla.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
Source: security@mozilla.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/59760
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-59.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
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1018234
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.3%
89th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

mozilla microsoft