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CVE-2014-1541: Mozilla Thunderbird: Use after free

CVE-2014-1541 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Mozilla Thunderbird. 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

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.

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 Thunderbird: up to and including 24.5; 24.0; 24.0.1; 24.1; 24.1.1; 24.2; 24.3; 24.4
  • Mozilla Firefox: up to and including 29.0.1; 24.0; 24.0.1; 24.0.2; 24.1.0; 24.1.1
  • Mozilla Firefox Esr: 24.2; 24.3; 24.4; 24.5

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