CVE-2014-1540 — Use After Free in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-416 — Use After Free7 documents6 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
OSV10.0
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.88%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Mozilla Firefox
Timeline
PublishedJun 11
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Use-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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 30.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
▶NVDmozilla/firefox29.0.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-ggcg-3gxc-wwr4: Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::CompileEventHandlerInternal function in the Event Listener Manager in Mozilla Firefox befo↗2022-05-14
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2014-06-11
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OSV
CVE-2014-1540: Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::CompileEventHandlerInternal function in the Event Listener Manager in Mozilla Firefox befo↗2014-06-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2014-06-11
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Use-after-free in Event Listener Manager (MFSA 2014-51)↗2014-06-10
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-1540 Mozilla: Use-after-free in Event Listener Manager (MFSA 2014-51)↗2014-06-10
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