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CVE-2014-1581
Use-after-free vulnerability in DirectionalityUtils.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in DirectionalityUtils.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via text that is improperly handled during the interaction between directionality resolution and layout.
Timeline
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By mozilla
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References27
- 62021 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1344 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1346 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-13042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 1031028 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1345 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2373-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0421.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201504-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1068218 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1635 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-14084 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:1647 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 61387 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-2372-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 62022 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 70426 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1266 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1031030 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 62023 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1343 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-79.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 61854 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-3061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-1657 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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