Description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to improper interaction between threading and garbage collection in the GCRuntime::triggerGC function in js/src/jsgc.cpp, and unknown other vectors.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | firefox | 33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | USN-2372-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 50.1.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 |
Advisories 2
- USN-2372-1 firefox vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Apr 22, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1001994
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-74.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1018916
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1344 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1032208
- FEDORA-2014-13042 vendor-advisory
- 1031028 vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1345 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1033020
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1020034
- GLSA-201504-01 vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- FEDORA-2014-14084 vendor-advisory
- USN-2372-1 vendor-advisory
- 62022 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1023035
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1034230
- 1031030 vdb-entry
- 62023 third-party-advisory
- 70439 vdb-entry