CVE-2014-1538

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17

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

Mozilla Firefox: through 29.0.1; 24.0, 24.0.1, 24.0.2, 24.1.0, 24.1.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR: 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5
Mozilla Thunderbird: through 24.5; 24.0, 24.0.1, 24.1, 24.1.1, 24.2, 24.3 (+1)

References

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0741.html
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0742.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00023.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00004.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0741.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0742.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/58984
http://secunia.com/advisories/59052
http://secunia.com/advisories/59149

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