CVE•Published 2014-04-30•Modified 2026-05-06•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2014-1524Mozilla · Firefox

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Description

The nsXBLProtoImpl::InstallImplementation function in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.26 does not properly check whether objects are XBL objects, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow) via crafted JavaScript code that accesses a non-XBL object as if it were an XBL object.

Timeline

Published 2014-04-30

Modified 2026-05-06

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2014-1524

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Mozilla Firefox"

All exposed Mozilla Firefox instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Firefox"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Firefox" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2014-1524