FKIE_CVE-2014-1538
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-06-11 10:57 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:05
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | firefox | 24.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 24.0.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 24.0.2 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 24.1.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 24.1.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | 24.2 | |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | 24.3 | |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | 24.4 | |
| mozilla | firefox_esr | 24.5 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | * | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 24.0 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 24.0.1 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 24.1 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 24.1.1 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 24.2 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 24.3 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | 24.4 |
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