Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2014-1549
The mozilla::dom::AudioBufferSourceNodeEngine::CopyFromInputBuffer function in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 and Thunderbird before 31.0 does not properly allocate Web Audio buffer memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via crafted audio content that is improperly handled during playback buffering.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.056 (92.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.056 · newest: 0.056 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 24.0, 24.0.1, 24.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-57.html (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620 (vdb-entry)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/68820 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/60628 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/59760 (third-party-advisory)