Mozilla Firefox 26 ibssl Session Ticket libssl resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 26. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library libssl of the component ibssl Session Ticket Handler. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-1490. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mozilla Firefox 26 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library libssl of the component ibssl Session Ticket Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Race condition in libssl in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, SeaMonkey before 2.24, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a resumption handshake that triggers incorrect replacement of a session ticket.

The weakness was released 02/04/2014 by Brian Smith, Antoine Delignat-Lavaud and Karthikeyan Bhargavan as MFSA2014-12 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated with Mozilla. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-1490 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. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72438 (Debian DSA-2858-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195432 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Firefox Regression (USN-2102-2)).

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 (72438), SecurityFocus (BID 65335†), OSVDB (102876†), Secunia (SA56706†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57883†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-12168, VDB-12169, VDB-12170 and VDB-12171. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox 26
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 24.2
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.23
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.2
  • Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.15.3

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 8.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 72438
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2858-1 : iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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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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01/16/2014 🔍
02/04/2014 +18 days 🔍
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02/06/2014 +2 days 🔍
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04/04/2016 +629 days 🔍
11/25/2025 +3522 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-12
Researcher: Brian Smith, Antoine Delignat-Lavaud, Karthikeyan Bhargavan
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1490 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1490
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12181

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X-Force: 90885
SecurityFocus: 65335 - Mozilla Network Security Services CVE-2014-1490 Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 56706 - Cyberfox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 102876 - Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) libssl Session Ticket Processing Use-after-free Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1029717
Vulnerability Center: 57883 - [cpujul2014-1972956, cpuoct2014-1972960] Mozilla NSS Remote Denial of Server due to a Use-After-Free Vulnerability (CVE-2014-1490), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/06/2014 11:02
Updated: 11/25/2025 20:26
Changes: 02/06/2014 11:02 (50), 01/31/2018 09:55 (28), 06/09/2021 04:43 (4), 06/09/2021 04:53 (7), 06/09/2021 05:05 (2), 06/09/2021 05:18 (1), 11/25/2025 20:26 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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