Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird 30.0 DirectWrite use after free

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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird 30.0 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component DirectWrite Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 07/22/2014 by James Kitchener as MFSA2014-59 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-1551 since 01/16/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 76720 (FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (978b0f76-122d-11e4-afe3-bc5ff4fb5e7b)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123075 (Solaris 11.2 Support Repository Update (SRU) 5.5.0 Missing).

Upgrading to version 31 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (94772) and Tenable (76720). bugzilla.mozilla.org is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 12522, 67222, 67223 and 67224.

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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 76720
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (978b0f76-122d-11e4-afe3-bc5ff4fb5e7b)
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OpenVAS ID: 803465
OpenVAS Name: Mozilla Firefox ESR Multiple Vulnerabilities-01 August14 (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 31

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Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-59
Researcher: James Kitchener
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1551 (🔍)
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X-Force: 94772 - Mozilla Firefox andThunderbird DirectWrite code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1030619 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Deny Service, and Spoof User Interface Elements
Vulnerability Center: 45576 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird on Windows Remote Code Execution or DoS in DirectWrite - CVE-2014-1551, Critical
SecurityFocus: 68817 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2014-1551 Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 59760 - Waterfox Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical

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Created: 07/23/2014 10:34
Updated: 02/09/2022 18:23
Changes: 07/23/2014 10:34 (79), 06/03/2017 07:23 (12), 02/09/2022 18:16 (2), 02/09/2022 18:23 (1)
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