CVE-2014-1486 — CRITICAL (9.8)

Q: How severe is CVE-2014-1486?

CVE-2014-1486 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.8/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2014-1486?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Fedoraproject Fedora, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit.

Vulnerability Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the imgRequestProxy function in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving unspecified Content-Type values for image data.

CVSS Score

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

HIGH

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	< 27.0
Mozilla	Seamonkey	< 2.24
Mozilla	Thunderbird	< 24.3
Fedoraproject	Fedora	19
Suse	Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit	11.0
Opensuse	Opensuse	11.4
Suse	Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop	11
Suse	Suse Linux Enterprise Server	11
Debian	Debian Linux	7.0
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	12.04
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Desktop	6.0
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Eus	6.5
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Server	6.0
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Server Aus	6.5
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Server Tus	6.5
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Workstation	6.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416

References

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=VYQsgaFpQ2kBroken Link
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=Y2fux-JW1QcBroken Link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127966.hMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129218.hMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/102872Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0132.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0133.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56706Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56761Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56763Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/56767Broken Link

FAQ

What is CVE-2014-1486?

CVE-2014-1486 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Use-after-free vulnerability in the imgRequestProxy function in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to...

How severe is CVE-2014-1486?

CVE-2014-1486 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.8/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.

Is there a patch for CVE-2014-1486?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Fedoraproject Fedora, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit.