CVE-2014-1595

Mozilla Firefox before 34.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.3, and Thunderbird before 31.3 on Apple OS X 10.10 omit a CoreGraphics disable-logging action that is needed by jemalloc-based applications, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading /tmp files, as demonstrated by credential information.

Published: 2014-12-11 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1595 is rated Low Risk (16.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.30%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1595

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 0.08% 0.30% +0.22%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.04%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1595

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1595

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1595

vendor priority summary link
suse medium CVE-2014-1595 severity moderate: SUSE including 27 source package names (MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-31.3.0esr-0.3.1, …), 141 product×package rows across 43 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand, … (43 product lines)): Fixed 110, Known Not Affected 31. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1595/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-1595 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (firefox, thunderbird), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): not-affected 4, DNE 2, ignored 2, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1595

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1595

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla firefox 31.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 31.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 31.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox_esr 31.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird <= 31.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox <= 33.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1595

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