VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-1525
CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability4.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-04-30
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-416: Use After Free
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
Primary references
- security@mozilla.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Vendor Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@mozilla.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@mozilla.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- security@mozilla.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory