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CVE-2014-1540
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::CompileEventHandlerInternal function in the Event Listener Manager in Mozilla…
High9.3EPSS 3.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mozilla
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::CompileEventHandlerInternal function in the Event Listener Manager in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via crafted web content.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 9.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0819 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 67978 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 59387 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-51.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1030388 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_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
- 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
- USN-2243-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 59171 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 59486 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=978862 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- 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)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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