CVE-2014-1532
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-46.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 13.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 5.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.5 | affected | |
| suse | 11.4 | affected | |
| suse | 12.3 | affected | |
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
| suse | 10 | affected | |
| suse | 11 | affected | |
| fedora | 19 | affected | |
| fedora | 20 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endExcluding":"29.0"} | 29.0 |
| mozilla | seamonkey | {"endExcluding":"2.26"} | 2.26 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | {"endExcluding":"24.5"} | 24.5 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132332.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00040.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0448.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0449.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2918
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2924
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-46.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67130
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030163
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030164
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030165
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2189-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=966006
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132332.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
CWEs
CWE-416
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.