CVE-2014-1486
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the imgRequestProxy function in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving unspecified Content-Type values for image data.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Fedora Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Affected | — |
| 19 | Affected | — |
Red Hat Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
| 12.3 | Affected | — |
| 11.4 | Affected | — |
| 11 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | {"endExcluding":"27.0"} | 27.0 |
| mozilla | seamonkey | {"endExcluding":"2.24"} | 2.24 |
| mozilla | thunderbird | {"endExcluding":"24.3"} | 24.3 |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 11.0 | |
References
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=VYQsgaFpQ2k
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Y2fux-JW1Qc
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127966.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129218.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
- http://osvdb.org/102872
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0132.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0133.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56761
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56763
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56767
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56787
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56888
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56922
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2858
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-08.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65334
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.