Vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2014-1564
Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.1, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.1 do not properly initialize memory for GIF rendering, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via crafted web script that interacts with a CANVAS element associated with a malformed GIF image.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.055 (92.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.055 · newest: 0.055 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 30.0, 31.0
- Mozilla Thunderbird — versions 31.0
- openSUSE Evergreen — versions 11.4
- openSUSE — versions 12.3, 13.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533357/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/128132/Mozilla-Firefox-Secret-Leak.html
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/18 (mailing-list)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1030794 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/69525 (vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-69.html (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-1564?
- CVE-2014-1564 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Access of Uninitialized Pointer. Published 2014-09-03.
- Is CVE-2014-1564 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.