CVE-2014-1544
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CERT_DestroyCertificate function in libnss3.so in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.x, as used in Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7, allows remote attackers to…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the CERT_DestroyCertificate function in libnss3.so in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.x, as used in Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger certain improper removal of an NSSCertificate structure from a trust domain.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 6.11% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/firefox · mozilla/firefox esr · mozilla/network security services · mozilla/thunderbird
- Source
- security@mozilla.org
EPSS 6.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59591
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59719
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59760
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60083
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60486
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60621
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60628
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2996
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-63.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68816
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030617
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=963150
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59591
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59719
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59760
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60083
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60486
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60621
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60628
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2996
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-63.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68816
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030617
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.