Security readout for executives and security teams
This CVE covers multiple memory-corruption flaws in Mozilla’s browser engine. A remote attacker could crash Firefox or Thunderbird, and the CVE says arbitrary code execution was possible. The affected products are very old, so current risk is mainly legacy endpoints, frozen systems, or unmaintained images still running pre-30 Firefox, ESR 24.x before 24.6, or Thunderbird before 24.6. Exposure is most likely on unmanaged legacy desktops, embedded images, lab systems, old Linux distributions, or archived virtual machines using the listed Mozilla versions. Modern supported Firefox, Firefox ESR, and Thunderbird builds are not identified as affected in the provided sources. Prioritize this where legacy Mozilla clients remain in use. The business risk is compromise or disruption from outdated browser-engine code, but urgency is lower if endpoint inventory proves only supported versions are deployed. Mitigation focus: Upgrade Firefox to 30.0 or later, or a currently supported release.; Upgrade Firefox ESR to 24.6 or later, preferably a supported ESR branch.; Upgrade Thunderbird to 24.6 or later, preferably a supported release..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1009952CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=991981CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=921622CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988719CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=999651CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1011007CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- GLSA-201504-01CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=967354CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=978811CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=992274CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=995679CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=994907CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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