Check Point Advisories

Mozilla Firefox DOMSVGLength Reflected Attribute Use-After-Free (CVE-2014-1563)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1838
Date Published:	30 Sep 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Sunday 05 October, 2014
Source:	Mozilla mfsa2014-68
Industry Reference:	CVE-2014-1563
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Mozilla Foundation Firefox prior to 32 Mozilla Foundation Firefox ESR prior to 31.1 Mozilla Foundation Thunderbird prior to 31.1
Vulnerability Description	A use after free vulnerability exists in Mozilla Firefox. The vulnerability is due to an issue with handling DOMSVGLength objects. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user into opening a malicious page. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution under the security context of the browser.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Mozilla Firefox DOMSVGLength Reflected Attribute Use-After-Free protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Client Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Mozilla Firefox DOMSVGLength Reflected Attribute Use-After-Free