Mozilla: Use-after-free and out of bounds issues found using Address Sanitizer (MFSA 2014-49)
Published Jun 11, 2014
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.91%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTextEditRules::CreateMozBR function in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.6, and Thunderbird before 24.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 24.0
- 24.0.1
- 24.0.2
- 24.1.0
- 24.1.1
- 24.2
- 24.3
- 24.4
- 24.5
Configuration 3
- ≤ 24.5
- 24.0
- 24.0.1
- 24.1
- 24.1.1
- 24.2
- 24.3
- 24.4
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:24.6.0-1.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0741
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:24.6.0-1.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0742
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:24.6.0-1.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0741
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:24.6.0-1.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0742
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:24.6.0-1.el7_0
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0741
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
xulrunner-0:24.6.0-1.el7_0
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0741
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:24.6.0-1.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0741 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:24.6.0-1.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0742 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:24.6.0-1.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0741 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:24.6.0-1.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0742 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:24.6.0-1.el7_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0741 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | xulrunner-0:24.6.0-1.el7_0 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0741 |
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.91% (0.04913) | 91.84th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.91% (0.04913) | 90.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 24, 2025 | 3.65% (0.03645) | 87.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.98% (0.01977) | 81.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.55% (0.04551) | 81.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.98% (0.01977) | 82.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 7.81% (0.07813) | 94.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 6, 2023 | 7.81% (0.07813) | 93.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.77% (0.07766) | 93.13th | 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) |
References (40)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107421 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
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- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1538
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.