CVE-2014-1490

nss: TOCTOU, potential use-after-free in libssl's session ticket processing (MFSA 2014-12)

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Race condition in libssl in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, SeaMonkey before 2.24, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a resumption handshake that triggers incorrect replacement of a session ticket.

Condición de carrera en libssl en Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) anterior a 3.15.4, utilizado en Mozilla Firefox anterior a 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x anterior a 24.3, Thunderbird anterior a 24.3, SeaMonkey anterior a 2.24 y otros productos, permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (uso después de liberación) o posiblemente tener otro impacto no especificado a través de vectores que involucran una reanudación de handshake que provoca un reemplazo incorrecto de un ticket de sesión.

A race condition was found in the way NSS implemented session ticket handling as specified by RFC 5077. An attacker could use this flaw to crash an application using NSS or, in rare cases, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running that application.

Christian Holler, Terrence Cole, Jesse Ruderman, Gary Kwong, Eric Rescorla, Jonathan Kew, Dan Gohman, Ryan VanderMeulen and Sotaro Ikeda discovered multiple memory safety issues in Thunderbird. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted message with scripting enabled, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. Cody Crews discovered a method to bypass System Only Wrappers. If a user had enabled scripting, an attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential data or execute code with the privileges of the user invoking Thunderbird. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-01-16 CVE Reserved
2014-02-06 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-05-05 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (38)

URL	Tag	Source
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761	Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/102876	Broken Link
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23	Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/56706	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56767	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56787	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56858	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56888	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56922	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65335	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029721	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html	Not Applicable
https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080	Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90885	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=930857	2024-02-14
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=930874	2024-02-14

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127966.html	2024-02-14
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129218.html	2024-02-14
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html	2024-02-14
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.html	2024-02-14
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html	2024-02-14
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html	2024-02-14
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2858	2024-02-14
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-12.html	2024-02-14
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1	2024-02-14
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2	2024-02-14
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2119-1	2024-02-14
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01	2024-02-14
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1490	2014-09-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060953	2014-09-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				< 27.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " < 27.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				< 24.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version " < 24.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Network Security Services Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Network Security Services"				< 3.15.4 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Network Security Services" and version " < 3.15.4"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Seamonkey Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey"				< 2.24 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Seamonkey" and version " < 2.24"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Thunderbird Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird"				< 24.3.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Thunderbird" and version " < 24.3.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Enterprise Manager Ops Center Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Enterprise Manager Ops Center"				< 12.1.4 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Enterprise Manager Ops Center" and version " < 12.1.4"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Enterprise Manager Ops Center Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Enterprise Manager Ops Center"				12.2.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Enterprise Manager Ops Center" and version "12.2.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Enterprise Manager Ops Center Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Enterprise Manager Ops Center"				12.2.1 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Enterprise Manager Ops Center" and version "12.2.1"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Enterprise Manager Ops Center Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Enterprise Manager Ops Center"				12.3.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Enterprise Manager Ops Center" and version "12.3.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Vm Server Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Vm Server"				3.2 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Vm Server" and version "3.2"		x86		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				19 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "19"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				20 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "20"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				11.4 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "11.4"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				12.3 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "12.3"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Desktop Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Desktop" and version "11"		sp3		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11"		sp3		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Server Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Server" and version "11"		sp3, vmware		Affected
Suse Search vendor "Suse"		Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit"				11 Search vendor "Suse" for product "Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit" and version "11"		sp3		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		esm		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				13.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "13.10"		-		Affected