CVE-2014-1551
Use-after-free vulnerability in the FontTableRec destructor in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0,...
Use-after-free vulnerability in the FontTableRec destructor in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted use of fonts in MathML content, leading to improper handling of a DirectWrite font-face object.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
10.0
Use-after-free vulnerability in the FontTableRec destructor in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted use of fonts in MathML content, leading to improper handling of a DirectWrite font-face object.
- Record
CVE-2014-1551- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in the FontTableRec destructor in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted use of fonts in MathML content, leading to improper handling of a DirectWrite font-face object.
- Record
CVE-2014-1551- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-1627 No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in the FontTableRec destructor in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted use of fonts in MathML content, leading to improper handling of a DirectWrite font-face object.
- Record
EUVD-2014-1627- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jchp-2m7r-cc5v No score
Use-after-free vulnerability in the FontTableRec destructor in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0,...
Use-after-free vulnerability in the FontTableRec destructor in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7 on Windows allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted use of fonts in MathML content, leading to improper handling of a DirectWrite font-face object.
- Record
GHSA-jchp-2m7r-cc5v- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-1551 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Mozilla Firefox, published July 23, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.68%, the 91st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
securitytracker.com/id/1030620
securitytracker.com/id/1030619
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1018234
secunia.com/advisories/59760
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-59.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1551
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jchp-2m7r-cc5v