Out-of-bounds Read in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2014-1508
The libxul.so!gfxContext::Polygon function in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash), or possibly bypass the Same Origin Policy via vectors involving MathML polygon rendering.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.043 (90.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Seamonkey
- Mozilla Thunderbird
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 12.10, 13.10
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- Opensuse — versions 11.4, 12.3, 13.1
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_eus — versions 6.5
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server — versions 5.0, 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_aus — versions 6.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@mozilla.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-1508?
- CVE-2014-1508 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2014-03-19.
- How severe is CVE-2014-1508?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.