Mozilla: Use-after-free in Web Audio due to incorrect control message ordering (MFSA 2014-58)
Published Jul 23, 2014
10.0
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.90%
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaInputPort class in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 and Thunderbird before 31.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by leveraging incorrect Web Audio control-message ordering.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 30.0
- ≤ 24.7
- 24.0
- 24.0.1
- 24.1
- 24.1.1
- 24.2
- 24.3
- 24.4
- 24.5
- 24.6
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 thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, or the version of firefox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and 7.
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 | 4.90% (0.04904) | 91.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.90% (0.04904) | 90.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.98% (0.02979) | 85.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 15.16% (0.15157) | 91.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.98% (0.02979) | 85.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 7, 2025 | 7.10% (0.07098) | 93.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 17, 2024 | 5.86% (0.05858) | 92.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2023 | 5.82% (0.05821) | 92.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.59% (0.05595) | 92.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.47% (0.05470) | 89.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.47% (0.05470) | 89.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.47% (0.05470) | 76.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59760 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60628 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-58.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1550 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1020411 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1121472 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1550
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1550
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/59760 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/60628 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-58.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1550 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1020411 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1121472 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1550 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1550 |
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