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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.2.1.2014.39
Category:General
Title:Mozilla Firefox Security Advisory (MFSA2014-39) - Linux
Summary:This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.
Description:Summary:
This host is missing a security update for Mozilla Firefox.

Vulnerability Insight:
Use-after-free in the Text Track Manager for HTML video
Using the Address Sanitizer tool, security researcher Abhishek
Arya (Inferno) of the Google Chrome Security Team found a
use-after-free in the Text Track Manager while processing HTML video. This was
caused by inconsistent garbage collection of Text Track Manager variables and
results in a potentially exploitable crash.

Affected Software/OS:
Firefox version(s) below 29.

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the reference(s) for more information.

CVSS Score:
9.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1525
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030163
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030164
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0599 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0629 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1
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