CVE-2014-1540

CRITICAL 9.3CVE-2014-1540 · Published 11/06/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-1540 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability affecting firefox (mozilla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.8%, higher than 90.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
firefox mozilla	`≤ 29.0.1`	No fix yet

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsEventListenerManager::CompileEventHandlerInternal function in the Event Listener Manager in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via crafted web content.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00001.html
secunia.com/advisories/59052
secunia.com/advisories/59171
secunia.com/advisories/59387
secunia.com/advisories/59486
secunia.com/advisories/59866
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-51.html · Vendor Advisory
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
securityfocus.com/bid/67978
securitytracker.com/id/1030388
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2243-1
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

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