Use After Free Affecting firefox package, versions <0:24.6.0-1.el7_0


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.61% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FIREFOX-4468557
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Jun 2014

Introduced: 10 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-1541  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 firefox to version 0:24.6.0-1.el7_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2014:0741.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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