CVE-2014-1490

critical
Published 2014-02-06 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

Race condition in libssl in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, SeaMonkey before 2.24, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a resumption handshake that triggers incorrect replacement of a session ticket.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1490

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=930874

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=930857

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-12.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse11.4affected
debian debianbookwormfixed2:3.15.4-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2:3.15.4-1
debian debianforkyfixed2:3.15.4-1
debian debiansidfixed2:3.15.4-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2:3.15.4-1
suse suse12.3affected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse11affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu13.10affected
debian debian7.0affected
fedora fedora19affected
fedora fedora20affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endExcluding":"24.3"}24.3
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services{"endExcluding":"3.15.4"}3.15.4
mozilla mozillaseamonkey{"endExcluding":"2.24"}2.24
mozilla mozillathunderbird{"endExcluding":"24.3.0"}24.3.0
oracle oracleenterprise_manager_ops_center{"endExcluding":"12.1.4"}12.1.4
oracle oracleenterprise_manager_ops_center12.2.0
oracle oracleenterprise_manager_ops_center12.2.1
oracle oracleenterprise_manager_ops_center12.3.0
oracle oraclevm_server3.2

References

CWEs

CWE-362

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.