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CVE-2014-1581
Use-after-free vulnerability in DirectionalityUtils.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox...
Vulnerability Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in DirectionalityUtils.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via text that is improperly handled during the interaction between directionality resolution and layout.
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://secunia.com/advisories/62021
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00003.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141085.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031028
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00002.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2373-1
- https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0421.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1068218
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1635.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141796.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1647.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61387
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2372-1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62022
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70426
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031030
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62023
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00000.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-79.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3050
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61854
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3061
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Vulnerable Versions:
31.0, 31.1.0, 0, 30.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 15th, 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.