7.5

CVE-2014-1581: mozilla firefox

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-1581
Published 15-10-2014Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-1581 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 4.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.06%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 5

Timeline

  1. 15-10-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in DirectionalityUtils.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via text that is improperly handled during the interaction between directionality resolution and layout.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.06%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.06% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.06%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Mozilla2 products
Ubuntu2 products
  • firefox< 33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • thunderbird< 1:31.2.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

2 vendors · 4 products

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