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CVE-2014-1493

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1493 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities within the browser engine of Mozilla Firefox (before 28.0), Firefox ESR (before 24.4), Thunderbird (before 24.4), and SeaMonkey (before 2.25). These critical flaws, rated 9.8 CVSS, could lead to a denial of service through memory corruption and application crashes, or potentially arbitrary code execution, via unknown attack vectors. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 28.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 24.0, < 24.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 24.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0810 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-1493Critical

Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:24.4) (MFSA 2014-15)

Mar 18, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201504-01
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2881
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2911
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-15.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/66412
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2151-1
Third Party Advisory