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CVE-2014-1563

Use-after-free vulnerability in the mozilla::DOMSVGLength::GetTearOff function in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.1, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via an SVG animation with DOM interaction that triggers incorrect cycle collection.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-1563 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 5 products from opensuse, from opensuse, from oracle 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

2014-09-03T10:55:06.590

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

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-416

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	evergreen	11.4	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.3	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	oracle	solaris	11.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 31.1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	30.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	31.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	31.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00003.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60148 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61114 ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-68.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/69523 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030793 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030794 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1018524 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00003.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60148 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61114 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-68.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/69523 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030793 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030794 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1018524 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 (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 opensuse'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.