Mozilla Firefox before 34.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.3, and Thunderbird before 31.3 on Apple OS X 10.10 omit a CoreGraphics disable-logging action that is needed by jemalloc-based applications, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading /tmp files, as demonstrated by credential information.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1595
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1092855
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-90.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
• http://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/2ocxac/apple_coregraphics_framework_on_os_x_1010_is