HIGH
Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:27.0) (MFSA 2014-01)
Published Feb 6, 2014
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.97%
Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the MPostWriteBarrier class in js/src/jit/MIR.h and stack alignment in js/src/jit/AsmJS.cpp in OdinMonkey, and unknown other vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
OR
- 12.04
- 12.10
- 13.10
Configuration 3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
10.0 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.97% 0.06965
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06965
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.97% (0.06965) | 93.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.78% (0.06779) | 93.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.99% (0.00986) | 75.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.65% (0.02649) | 90.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.11% (0.01110) | 85.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 15, 2024 | 0.92% (0.00918) | 82.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 4, 2024 | 0.65% (0.00648) | 77.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 19, 2023 | 0.53% (0.00525) | 74.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 2, 2023 | 0.46% (0.00457) | 71.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.48% (0.00481) | 72.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (43)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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- https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080 x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkURL Repurposed
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1478 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=867597 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=911707 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
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- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=916635 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=922603 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
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- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=925308 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=932162 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=938431 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=939472 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=942152 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060939 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90900 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1478
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1478
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mozilla
Published Feb 6, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jan 16, 2014
Link CVE-2014-1478
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a