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critical 9.3

CVE-2014-1490 json

Race condition in libssl in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-1566

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.9%
EPSS 3.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Race condition in libssl in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, SeaMonkey before 2.24, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a resumption handshake that triggers incorrect replacement of a session ticket.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 24.3, 27.0
  • mozilla network_security_services 3.15.4
  • mozilla seamonkey 2.24
  • mozilla thunderbird 24.3.0
  • oracle enterprise_manager_ops_center 12.1.4
  • nss Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:3.15.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1490

  • nss RHEL 6 3.16.1-4.el6_5
  • nspr RHEL 6 4.10.6-1.el6_5
  • nss-util RHEL 6 3.16.1-1.el6_5
  • nss-tools RHEL 6 3.16.1-4.el6_5
  • nss-sysinit RHEL 6 3.16.1-4.el6_5
  • nss RHEL 5 3.16.1-2.el5
  • nss-tools RHEL 5 3.16.1-2.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0917RHSA-2014:1246

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1
  • mozilla-nss openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.26.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10451-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-1490 updated cvss 5.1

nss: TOCTOU, potential use-after-free in libssl's session ticket processing (MFSA 2014-12)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 nss
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) nss 3.16.1-2.el5, nss-tools 3.16.1-2.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) nss 3.16.1-2.el5, nss-tools 3.16.1-2.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1246
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) nss 3.16.1-4.el6_5, nspr 4.10.6-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.16.1-1.el6_5, nss-tools 3.16.1-4.el6_5, nss-sysinit 3.16.1-4.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) nss 3.16.1-4.el6_5, nspr 4.10.6-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.16.1-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0917
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) nss 3.16.1-2.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:1246
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) nss 3.16.1-4.el6_5, nspr 4.10.6-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.16.1-1.el6_5, nss-tools 3.16.1-4.el6_5, nss-sysinit 3.16.1-4.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) nss 3.16.1-4.el6_5, nspr 4.10.6-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.16.1-1.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) nss 3.16.1-4.el6_5, nspr 4.10.6-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.16.1-1.el6_5, nss-tools 3.16.1-4.el6_5, nss-sysinit 3.16.1-4.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) nss 3.16.1-4.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) nss 3.16.1-4.el6_5, nspr 4.10.6-1.el6_5, nss-util 3.16.1-1.el6_5, nss-tools 3.16.1-4.el6_5, nss-sysinit 3.16.1-4.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) nss 3.16.1-4.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0917
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 nss, nss-tools, nss-sysinit
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

3.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

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