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critical 10.0

CVE-2014-1541 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in the RefreshDriverTimer::TickDriver function in the SMIL Animation Controller in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0…

published 2014-06-11 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-1617

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.7%
EPSS 3.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the RefreshDriverTimer::TickDriver function in the SMIL Animation Controller in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.6, and Thunderbird before 24.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via crafted web content.

Patch / fix

  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 30.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1541

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  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 24.6.0-1.el5_10
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 24.6.0-1.el6_5
  • firefox RHEL 5 24.6.0-1.el5_10
  • firefox RHEL 6 24.6.0-1.el6_5
  • firefox RHEL 7 24.6.0-1.el7_0
  • xulrunner RHEL 7 24.6.0-1.el7_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0742RHSA-2014:0741

  • 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

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

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-2014-1541 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla: Use-after-free with SMIL Animation Controller (MFSA 2014-52)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 24.6.0-1.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 24.6.0-1.el7_0, xulrunner 24.6.0-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 24.6.0-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) xulrunner 24.6.0-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 24.6.0-1.el5_10, thunderbird 24.6.0-1.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 24.6.0-1.el6_5, thunderbird 24.6.0-1.el6_5
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 24.6.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0741
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 24.6.0-1.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0742
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 24.6.0-1.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 24.6.0-1.el7_0, xulrunner 24.6.0-1.el7_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0741
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) thunderbird 24.6.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0742
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 24.6.0-1.el7_0, xulrunner 24.6.0-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 24.6.0-1.el6_5, thunderbird 24.6.0-1.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 24.6.0-1.el7_0, xulrunner 24.6.0-1.el7_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 24.6.0-1.el7_0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0741

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Exploit prediction

3.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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