Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2014-1551 Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:68817

Info

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2014-1551 Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 68817
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2014-1551
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 22 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:14PM
Credit: James Kitchener
Vulnerable: Mozilla Thunderbird 24.1.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 24.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.7
Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.6
Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.5
Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.4
Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 16.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 15.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 24.6
Mozilla Thunderbird 24.5
Mozilla Thunderbird 24.4
Mozilla Thunderbird 24.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 24.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 24.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 24.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 23.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.9
Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0.8
Mozilla Thunderbird 17.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 16.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 16.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 15.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 14.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 12.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 11.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 11.0
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.4
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.3
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0.1
Mozilla Thunderbird 10.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.0.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.10
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.9
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.7
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.6
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.5
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.12
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.10
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.8
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.7
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.5
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.6
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.5
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.4
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.3
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.1.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.0.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.8
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0.11
Mozilla Firefox ESR 17.0
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.9
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.6
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.2
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.11
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0.1
Mozilla Firefox ESR 10.0
Mozilla Firefox 29.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 28.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 27.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 25.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 24.1.1
Mozilla Firefox 19.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 19.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 17.0.10
Mozilla Firefox 17.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 17.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 17.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 17.0.4
Mozilla Firefox 17.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 17.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 16.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 16.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 15.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 13.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.12
Mozilla Firefox 30
Mozilla Firefox 29.0
Mozilla Firefox 28.0
Mozilla Firefox 28
Mozilla Firefox 27.0
Mozilla Firefox 27
Mozilla Firefox 26.0
Mozilla Firefox 26
Mozilla Firefox 25.0
Mozilla Firefox 24.1
Mozilla Firefox 24.0
Mozilla Firefox 23.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 23.0
Mozilla Firefox 22.0
Mozilla Firefox 21.0
Mozilla Firefox 20.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 20.0
Mozilla Firefox 19.0
Mozilla Firefox 18.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 18.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 18.0
Mozilla Firefox 17.0.9
Mozilla Firefox 17.0.8
Mozilla Firefox 17.0.11
Mozilla Firefox 17.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 17.0
Mozilla Firefox 16.0
Mozilla Firefox 15.0
Mozilla Firefox 14.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 14.0
Mozilla Firefox 13.0
Mozilla Firefox 12.0
Mozilla Firefox 11.0
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.9
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.8
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.7
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.6
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.5
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.4
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.3
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.11
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.10
Mozilla Firefox 10.0.1
Mozilla Firefox 10.0
Not Vulnerable: Mozilla Thunderbird 31
Mozilla Thunderbird 24.7
Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.7
Mozilla Firefox 31

Discussion

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2014-1551 Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird are prone to a use-after-free memory-corruption vulnerability.

Successful exploits may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the affected application or result in denial-of-service conditions.

This issue is fixed in the following versions:

Firefox 31
Thunderbird 31
Firefox ESR 24.7
Thunderbird 24.7

Exploit / POC

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2014-1551 Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2014-1551 Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

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