CVE-2014-8634

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.4, Thunderbird before 31.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.32 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Published: 2015-01-14 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-8634 is rated Moderate Risk (63.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.86%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.11% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-8634

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 1.75% 3.86% +2.11%
2 2025-12-04 1.43% 1.75% +0.32%
3 2025-03-30 1.43%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8634

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-8634

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-8634

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2014-8634: 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-2014-8634
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8634
suse medium CVE-2014-8634 severity moderate: SUSE including 149 source package names (MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-102.11.0-150200.152.87.1, …), 319 product×package rows across 81 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand, … (81 product lines)): Fixed 288, Known Not Affected 31. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8634/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-8634 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (firefox, thunderbird), 10 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 8, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8634

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8634

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 31.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:31.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox_esr 31.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:31.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox <= 34.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey <= 2.31 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla thunderbird <= 31.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8634

URL Tags
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0046.html
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0047.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00014.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00032.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00033.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-01/msg00071.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0046.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0047.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62237
http://secunia.com/advisories/62242
http://secunia.com/advisories/62250
http://secunia.com/advisories/62253
http://secunia.com/advisories/62259
http://secunia.com/advisories/62273
http://secunia.com/advisories/62274
http://secunia.com/advisories/62283
http://secunia.com/advisories/62293
http://secunia.com/advisories/62304
http://secunia.com/advisories/62313
http://secunia.com/advisories/62315
http://secunia.com/advisories/62316
http://secunia.com/advisories/62418
http://secunia.com/advisories/62446
http://secunia.com/advisories/62657
http://secunia.com/advisories/62790
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3127
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3132
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2015-01.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72049
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031533
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031534
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2460-1
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1109889
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1111737
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99955
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
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