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title: "CVE-2014-1562\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-1562

Publication date 2 September 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before
32.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.8 and 31.x before 31.1, and Thunderbird
24.x before 24.8 and 31.x before 31.1 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly
execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:31.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:31.1.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1562)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1562)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1562)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1562)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2329-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2329-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 2 September 2014

+ [USN-2330-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2330-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 11 September 2014

### Other references

* <https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-67.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1562>
