CVE-2014-1494

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Published: 2014-03-19 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-1494 is rated High Risk (73.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.08%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +4.52% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1494

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.56% 5.08% +4.52%
2 2025-11-02 0.48% 0.56% +0.07%
3 2025-08-27 — 0.48% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1494

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1494

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1494

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2014-1494: 1 GLSA(s) (201504-01), 7 atom(s) (dev-libs/nspr, mail-client/thunderbird, …); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2014-1494
redhat critical — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1494
suse critical CVE-2014-1494 severity critical: SUSE including 51 source package names (MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, MozillaFirefox-24.4.0esr-0.5.5.1, …), 69 product×package rows across 14 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15, … (14 product lines)): Fixed 69. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1494/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-1494 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (firefox), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, upstream): released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1494

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1494

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla seamonkey < 2.25 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:*:vmware:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 11.3 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project opensuse 11.4 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox < 28.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1494

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-15.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=627295 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=909586 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=927579 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=932496 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=933219 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=938615 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=938626 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=949843 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=964462 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 Third Party Advisory
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