Explain CVE-2014-1541
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': '59229', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59229'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2014:0819', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.html'}, {'name': '67979', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67979'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2014:0741', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0741.html'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SU-2014:0824', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00023.html'}, {'name': '59387', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59387'}, {'name': '59150', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59150'}, {'name': '1030388', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030388'}, {'name': '59052', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59052'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2014:0855', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00001.html'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2014:0797', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-06/msg00019.html'}, {'name': '59169', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59169'}, {'name': '59165', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59165'}, {'name': 'GLSA-201504-01', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01'}, {'name': '59866', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59866'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0742.html'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2014:0858', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00004.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-52.html'}, {'name': '59377', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59377'}, {'name': '59149', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59149'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2014:0742', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0742.html'}, {'name': 'USN-2243-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2243-1'}, {'name': 'DSA-2960', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2960'}, {'name': 'DSA-2955', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2955'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1000185'}, {'name': '1030386', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_SECTRACK'], 'url': 'http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030386'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0741.html'}, {'name': '58984', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/58984'}, {'name': '59170', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59170'}, {'name': '59425', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59425'}, {'name': '59171', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59171'}, {'name': '59328', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59328'}, {'name': '59275', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59275'}, {'name': 'USN-2250-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2250-1'}, {'name': '59486', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/59486'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED