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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-1581 Detail

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in DirectionalityUtils.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via text that is improperly handled during the interaction between directionality resolution and layout.


Evaluator Description

CWE-416: Use After Free

Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141796.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141085.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00000.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00001.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00002.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00003.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1635.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1647.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://secunia.com/advisories/61387 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://secunia.com/advisories/61854 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://secunia.com/advisories/62021 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://secunia.com/advisories/62022 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://secunia.com/advisories/62023 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3050 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3061 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-79.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Vendor Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70426 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031028 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031030 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2372-1 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2373-1 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0421.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1068218 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 CVE, Mozilla Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-1581
NVD Published Date:
10/15/2014
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Mozilla Corporation