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CVE-2014-1541

Mozilla: Use-after-free with SMIL Animation Controller (MFSA 2014-52)

Severity Score

8.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Use-after-free vulnerability in the RefreshDriverTimer::TickDriver function in the SMIL Animation Controller in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.6, and Thunderbird before 24.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via crafted web content.

Vulnerabilidad de uso después de liberación en la función RefreshDriverTimer::TickDriver en SMIL Animation Controller en Mozilla Firefox anterior a 30.0, Firefox ESR 24.x anterior a 24.6 y Thunderbird anterior a 24.6 permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario o causar una denegación de servicio (corrupción de memoria dinámica) a través de contenido web manipulado.

Gary Kwong, Christoph Diehl, Christian Holler, Hannes Verschore, Jan de Mooij, Ryan VanderMeulen, Jeff Walden and Kyle Huey 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. Abhishek Arya discovered multiple use-after-free and out-of-bounds read issues in Thunderbird. If a user had enabled scripting, 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. Various other issues were also addressed.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
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
  • 2014-06-11 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • 2025-04-03 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-416: Use After Free
CAPEC
References (38)
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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<= 24.5
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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24.0
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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24.0.1
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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24.1
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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24.1.1
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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24.2
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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24.3
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Mozilla
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Thunderbird
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24.4
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Mozilla
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Firefox
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<= 29.0.1
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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24.0
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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24.0.1
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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24.0.2
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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24.1.0
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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24.1.1
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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24.2
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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24.3
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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24.4
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Mozilla
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Firefox Esr
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24.5
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