CVE-2014-1525

Critical

Description

The mozilla::dom::TextTrack::AddCue function in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.26 does not properly perform garbage collection for Text Track Manager variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and heap memory corruption) via a crafted VIDEO element in an HTML document.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedApr 30, 2014
First seenApr 30, 2014

How to fix

Update
  • mozilla firefox29.0 or later
  • mozilla seamonkey2.26 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv < 29.029.0
mozilla seamonkeyv < 2.262.26
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 12.10, 13.10, 14.04—
opensuse opensuse12.3, 13.1—
fedoraproject fedora19—

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