CVE-2014-1581

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1581
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermozilla
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-15 10:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionUse-after-free vulnerability in DirectionalityUtils.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via text that is improperly handled during the interaction between directionality resolution and layout.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox 30.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 31.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 31.1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 31.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird 31.1.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2014:1346-1: moderate: update for MozillaThunderbird af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
1068218 – (CVE-2014-1581) DirectionalityUtils Use-After-Free, crash [@ mozilla::dom::Element::UpdateState(bool) ] (ZDI-CAN-2531) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.mozilla.org
openSUSE-SU-2014:1345-1: moderate: update for firefox, mozilla-nspr, moz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Mozilla Firefox Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Bypass Same Origin-Policy, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:1343-1: moderate: update for MozillaThunderbird af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-2372-1: Firefox vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - April 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:1344-1: moderate: update for firefox, mozilla-nspr, moz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Gentoo Security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3061-1 icedove af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Advisory SA62023 - SUSE update for firefox, mozilla-nspr, and mozilla-nss - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: firefox-33.0-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Advisory SA61387 - Debian update for icedove - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3050-1 iceweasel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Advisory SA61854 - Mageia update for firefox and thunderbird - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Mozilla Thunderbird Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Security Advisory SA62022 - SUSE update for firefox, mozilla-nspr, mozilla-nss, and seamonkey - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA62021 - SUSE update for MozillaThunderbird - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-2373-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0138-1: important: Firefox update t af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0421 - Updated firefox and thunderbird packages fix security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Use-after-free interacting with text directionality — Mozilla af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: firefox-33.0-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1266-1: important: Mozilla (Firefox af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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