CVE-2014-1567

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 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: 2014-09-03 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in DirectionalityUtils.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.8 and 31.x before 31.1, and Thunderbird 24.x before 24.8 and 31.x before 31.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via text that is improperly handled during the interaction between directionality resolution and layout.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 31.1.0; 30.0, 31.0, 24.0, 24.0.1, 24.0.2, 24.1.0 (+1)
Mozilla Firefox ESR: 24.2, 24.3, 24.4, 24.5, 24.6, 24.7
Mozilla Thunderbird: 24.0, 24.0.1, 24.1, 24.1.1, 24.2, 24.3 (+5)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00011.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/60148
http://secunia.com/advisories/60186
http://secunia.com/advisories/61114
http://secunia.com/advisories/61390
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3018

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