Mozilla: Use-after-free in TypeObject (MFSA 2014-30)
Published Mar 19, 2014
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 29.28%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the TypeObject class in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering extensive memory consumption while garbage collection is occurring, as demonstrated by improper handling of BumpChunk objects.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 7.0
- 8.0
Configuration 3
- 12.04
- 12.10
- 13.10
Configuration 4
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.5
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 5.0
- 6.0
Configuration 5
- 11.0
- 11.4
- 12.3
- 13.1
- 11
- 11
- 11
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0310
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0316
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0310
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0316
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0310 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0316 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0310 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0316 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 29.28% (0.29283) | 98.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 29.28% (0.29283) | 98.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 30.63% (0.30632) | 98.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2026 | 12.93% (0.12933) | 93.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 17.91% (0.17910) | 94.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 27.28% (0.27283) | 94.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 17.91% (0.17910) | 94.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 49.13% (0.49128) | 97.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 91.99% (0.91989) | 99.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 4, 2024 | 92.25% (0.92250) | 99.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 11, 2024 | 91.00% (0.91001) | 98.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2024 | 92.98% (0.92980) | 99.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 17, 2024 | 93.61% (0.93613) | 99.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 13, 2023 | 94.83% (0.94829) | 98.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 94.92% (0.94917) | 98.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 95.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 94.93th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.25% (0.12248) | 89.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-03/0145.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2881 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2911 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-30.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66209 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2151-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1512 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=982957 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077491 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1512
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1512
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