Use-after-free vulnerability in the TypeObject class in the JavaScript engine in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering extensive memory consumption while garbage collection is occurring, as demonstrated by improper handling of BumpChunk objects.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2881-1 iceweasel security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2911-1 icedove security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2150-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2151-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:42:36.221Z

Reserved: 2014-01-16T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-1512

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-03-19T10:55:06.660

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-1512

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-1512 - Bugzilla

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