CVE-2014-1488 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code in Firefox via a use-after-free vulnerability in Web workers involving asm.js, requiring user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-1488?
CVE-2014-1488 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 6 Feb 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Web workers implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving termination of a worker process that has performed a cross-thread object-passing operation in conjunction with use of asm.js.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1488?
It affects 8 products.
Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris, Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop and 2 more.
How do I fix CVE-2014-1488?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2014-1488 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1488 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8245-5hw5-c5xw.