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Vulnerability record · CVE-2014-1490 · published 6 February 2014

CVE-2014-1490: Mozilla firefox race condition vulnerability

Mozilla · Firefox

Race condition in libssl in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, SeaMonkey before 2.24, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a resumption handshake that triggers incorrect replacement of a session ticket.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 3.9% · top 10.0% CWE-362 · Race condition
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
3.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
13Affected product versions listed by NVD
72References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Race condition in libssl in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) before 3.15.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, SeaMonkey before 2.24, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving a resumption handshake that triggers incorrect replacement of a session ticket.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

13 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127966.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129218.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00005.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00010.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/102876 Broken Link
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23 Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/56706 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56767 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56787 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56858 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56888 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56922 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2858 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-12.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2014-1972960.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65335 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029717 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029720 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029721 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2102-2 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2119-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html Not Applicable
https://8pecxstudios.com/?page_id=44080 Broken LinkURL Repurposed
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=930857 Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=930874 Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90885 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 Third Party Advisory
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10761 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/127966.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-February/129218.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00004.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2014-1490), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.