CVE-2014-1592
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Use-after-free vulnerability in the nsHtml5TreeOperation function in xul.dll in Mozilla Firefox before 34.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.3, Thunderbird before 31.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.31 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by adding a second root element to an HTML5 document during parsing.
Find out more about CVE-2014-1592 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2014:1924 | 2014-12-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2014:1919 | 2014-12-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2014:1919 | 2014-12-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2014:1919 | 2014-12-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2014:1924 | 2014-12-02 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Berend-Jan Wever as the original reporter.External References
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