CVE-2014-1544

critical
Published 2014-07-23 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
10.0

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CERT_DestroyCertificate function in libnss3.so in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.x, as used in Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger certain improper removal of an NSSCertificate structure from a trust domain.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
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 Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2:3.16.3-1
sid Fixed 2:3.16.3-1
forky Fixed 2:3.16.3-1
bullseye Fixed 2:3.16.3-1
bookworm Fixed 2:3.16.3-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"30.0"}
mozilla mozillafirefox24.0
mozilla mozillafirefox24.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox24.0.2
mozilla mozillafirefox24.1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox24.1.1
mozilla mozillafirefox_esr24.2
mozilla mozillafirefox_esr24.3
mozilla mozillafirefox_esr24.4
mozilla mozillafirefox_esr24.5
mozilla mozillafirefox_esr24.6
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.2
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.2.1
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.3
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.3.1
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.3.2
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.4
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.4.1
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.4.2
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.5
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.6
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.6.1
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.7
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.7.1
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.7.2
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.7.3
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.7.5
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.7.7
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.8
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.9
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.11.2
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.11.3
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.11.4
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.11.5
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.1
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.2
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.3
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.3.1
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.3.2
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.4
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.5
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.6
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.7
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.8
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.9
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.10
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.12.11
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.14
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.14.1
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.14.2
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.14.3
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.14.4
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.14.5
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.15
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.15.1
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.15.2
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.15.3
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.15.3.1
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.15.4
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.15.5
mozilla mozillanetwork_security_services3.16
mozilla mozillathunderbird{"endIncluding":"24.6"}
mozilla mozillathunderbird24.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird24.0.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird24.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird24.1.1
mozilla mozillathunderbird24.2
mozilla mozillathunderbird24.3
mozilla mozillathunderbird24.4
mozilla mozillathunderbird24.5

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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