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CVE-2014-1544 Detail

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CERT_DestroyCertificate function in libnss3.so in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.x, as used in Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger certain improper removal of an NSSCertificate structure from a trust domain.


Evaluator Description

CWE-416: Use After Free

Metrics

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/59591
http://secunia.com/advisories/59719
http://secunia.com/advisories/59760
http://secunia.com/advisories/60083
http://secunia.com/advisories/60486
http://secunia.com/advisories/60621
http://secunia.com/advisories/60628
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2996
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-63.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68816
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030617
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=963150
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-1544
NVD Published Date:
07/23/2014
NVD Last Modified:
01/06/2017
Source:
Mozilla Corporation