CVE-2014-8641

Use-after-free vulnerability in the WebRTC implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.32 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted track data.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-8641 is rated Moderate Risk (64/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.16%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +2.64% 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-2014-8641

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 1.52% 4.16% +2.64%
2 2025-12-04 1.84% 1.52% -0.32%
3 2025-03-30 1.84%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-8641

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-2014-8641

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-8641

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2014-8641: 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-2014-8641
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8641
suse medium CVE-2014-8641 severity moderate: SUSE including 119 source package names (MozillaFirefox, MozillaFirefox-102.11.0-150200.152.87.1, …), 286 product×package rows across 76 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand, … (76 product lines)): Fixed 255, Known Not Affected 31. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8641/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-8641 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (firefox), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8641

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2014-8641

Comment: <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-8641

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mozilla seamonkey <= 2.31 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-8641

URL Tags
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-0046.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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0046.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/62273
http://secunia.com/advisories/62293
http://secunia.com/advisories/62313
http://secunia.com/advisories/62316
http://secunia.com/advisories/62418
http://secunia.com/advisories/62446
http://secunia.com/advisories/62790
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3127
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2015-06.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72044
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031533
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1108455
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99961
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
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