CVE-2014-1540

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% 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 nsEventListenerManager::CompileEventHandlerInternal function in the Event Listener Manager in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via crafted web content.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 29.0.1

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59052
http://secunia.com/advisories/59171
http://secunia.com/advisories/59387
http://secunia.com/advisories/59486
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-51.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67978
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030388
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2243-1

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