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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1544

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CERT_DestroyCertificate function in libnss3.so in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.x, as used in Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger certain improper removal of an NSSCertificate structure from a trust domain.

Products
nss
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2:3.16.3-1
CVEs
CVE-2014-1544
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 21:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1544

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Jul 2014, 11:12 UTC

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CERT_DestroyCertificate function in libnss3.so in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.x, as used in Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger certain improper removal of an NSSCertificate structure from a trust domain.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1544

nss

Fixed versions: 2:3.16.3-1

nss

Fixed versions: 2:3.16.3-1

nss

Fixed versions: 2:3.16.3-1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1544",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1544",
    "summary": "Use-after-free vulnerability in the CERT_DestroyCertificate function in libnss3.so in Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.x, as used in Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger certain improper removal of an NSSCertificate structure from a trust domain.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1544",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "nss",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "2:3.16.3-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
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      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "nss",
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        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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            "value": "2:3.16.3-1",
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        "name": {
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    "severity": "unknown",
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          },
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          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T15:47:38.636796274Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
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      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1544"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2014-1544",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 414464,
  "published_at": "2014-07-23T11:12:42.777+00:00"
}