CVE-2014-1540

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1540
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-06-11 10:57:17 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionUse-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
MFSA 2014-51: Use-after-free in Event Listener Manager af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Security Advisory SA59387 - SUSE update for seamonkey - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-2243-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:0819-1: moderate: MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nspr: Update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Mozilla Firefox CVE-2014-1540 Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Conduct Clickjacking Attacks - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
Security Advisory SA59486 - SUSE update for MozillaFirefox and mozilla-nspr - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:0855-1: moderate: seamonkey: Update fixes nine security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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