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CVE-2014-1478

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the MPostWriteBarrier class in js/src/jit/MIR.h and stack alignment in js/src/jit/AsmJS.cpp in OdinMonkey, and unknown other vectors.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-1478 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 5 products from mozilla, from mozilla, from canonical and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-02-06T05:44:24.783

Last Modified

2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	< 27.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	seamonkey	< 2.24	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	13.10	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.4	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.3	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	oracle	solaris	11.3	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/102865 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/56706 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/56767 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/56787 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/56888 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/56922 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-01.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65324 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029721 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080 Broken Link, URL Repurposed ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=867597 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=911707 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=911845 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=916635 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=922603 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=924348 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=925308 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=932162 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=938431 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=939472 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=942152 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=942940 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944278 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944321 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944851 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=945585 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=946733 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=950452 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=953373 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90900 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/102865 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/56706 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/56767 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/56787 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/56888 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/56922 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-01.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65324 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029721 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080 Broken Link, URL Repurposed (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=867597 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=911707 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=911845 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=916635 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=922603 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=924348 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=925308 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=932162 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=938431 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=939472 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=942152 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=942940 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944278 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944321 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944851 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=945585 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=946733 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=950452 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=953373 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90900 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For mozilla's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.