Mozilla Firefox 26 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 26 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-1477. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mozilla Firefox 26 (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

The weakness was shared 02/04/2014 by Christian Holler, Terrence Cole, Jesse Ruderman, Gary Kwong, Eric Rescorla, Jonathan Kew, Dan Gohman, Ryan VanderMeulen and Sotaro Ikeda as MFSA2014-01 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-1477 since 01/16/2014. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72380 (Fedora 20 : thunderbird-24.3.0-1.fc20 (2014-2041)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121775 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2014:0132)).

Upgrading to version 27 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (72380), SecurityFocus (BID 65317†), OSVDB (102864†), Secunia (SA56706†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-43137†). The entries VDB-12168, VDB-12170, VDB-12171 and VDB-12173 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox 26
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 24.2
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.23
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.2

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.9

VulDB Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 72380
Nessus Name: Fedora 20 : thunderbird-24.3.0-1.fc20 (2014-2041)
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OpenVAS ID: 702858
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2858-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 27

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-01
Researcher: Christian Holler, Terrence Cole, Jesse Ruderman, Gary Kwong, Eric Rescorla, Jonathan Kew, Dan Gohman, Ryan VanderMeulen, Sotaro Ikeda
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1477 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1477
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12169

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X-Force: 90899
SecurityFocus: 65317 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2014-1477 Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 56706 - Cyberfox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 102864
SecurityTracker: 1029717
Vulnerability Center: 43137 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Code Execution and Denial of Service (CVE-2014-1477), Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/06/2014 10:26
Updated: 11/25/2025 20:26
Changes: 02/06/2014 10:26 (83), 01/31/2018 09:55 (5), 06/09/2021 00:35 (3), 06/09/2021 00:47 (11), 06/09/2021 01:00 (1), 11/25/2025 20:26 (21)
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Cache ID: 216:9F6:103

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