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.

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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2955-1 iceweasel security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2960-1 icedove security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-1614 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2243-1 Firefox vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2250-1 Thunderbird vulnerabilities
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References
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http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0741.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0742.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00019.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00023.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0741.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0742.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/58984 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59052 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59149 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59150 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59165 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59169 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59170 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59171 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59229 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59275 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59328 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59377 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59387 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59425 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59486 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2955 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2960 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-49.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67976 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030386 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030388 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2243-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2250-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1005584 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107421 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1538 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1538 cve-icon
History

Tue, 25 Nov 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:24.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:24.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:24.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:24.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:24.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mozilla

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:42:36.298Z

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

Link: CVE-2014-1538

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-06-11T10:57:17.847

Modified: 2025-11-25T17:50:16.803

Link: CVE-2014-1538

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2014-06-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-1538 - Bugzilla

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