CVE-2014-1512 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2014-1512

Use-after-free vulnerability in the TypeObject class in the JavaScript engine...

Vulnerability Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the TypeObject class in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering extensive memory consumption while garbage collection is occurring, as demonstrated by improper handling of BumpChunk objects.

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

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

firefox, seamonkey, thunderbird, debian linux, ubuntu linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server aus, enterprise linux server eus, enterprise linux server tus, enterprise linux workstation, suse linux enterprise software development kit, opensuse, suse linux enterprise desktop, suse linux enterprise server
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 24.0, 7.0, 8.0, 12.04, 12.10, 13.10, 5.0, 6.0, 6.5, 11.0, 11.4, 12.3, 13.1, 11

Timeline

Official Publish: March 19th, 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.