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Critical
CVE-2014-1488
The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and...
Vulnerability Description
The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving termination of a worker process that has performed a cross-thread object-passing operation in conjunction with use of asm.js.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65321
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-11.html
- https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56787
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90887
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56888
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
- http://osvdb.org/102875
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=950604
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56767
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56706
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
firefox, seamonkey, ubuntu linux, solaris, opensuse, linux enterprise desktop, linux enterprise server, linux enterprise software development kit
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 12.04, 12.10, 13.10, 11.3, 12.3, 13.1, 11
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 6th, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.