Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTextEditRules::CreateMozBR function in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.6,…

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsTextEditRules::CreateMozBR function in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.6, and Thunderbird before 24.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via unspecified vectors.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

4.9% · top 7.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (37)

• 59229 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0819 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0741 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2014:0824 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 59387 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59150 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1030388 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 67976 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 59052 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0855 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0797 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-49.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 59169 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59165 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-201504-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 59866 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0742.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2014:0858 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 59377 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59149 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107421 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0742 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-2243-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• DSA-2960 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• DSA-2955 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 1030386 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0741.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 58984 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59170 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005584 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 59425 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59171 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59328 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 59275 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-2250-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 59486 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 09:42 UTC.