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CVE-2014-1488: Mozilla Firefox: Remote code execution

CVE-2014-1488 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Mozilla Firefox, along with 6 other products in NVD’s configuration data. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving termination of a worker process that has performed a cross-thread object-passing operation in conjunction with use of asm.js.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Mozilla Firefox: before 27.0
  • Mozilla Seamonkey: before 2.24
  • Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04; 12.10; 13.10
  • Oracle Solaris: 11.3
  • Opensuse: 12.3; 13.1
  • Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: 11 sp3
  • Suse Linux Enterprise Server: 11 sp3
  • Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 11 sp3

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