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.
EPSS: 0.055 (91.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- security@mozilla.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- security@mozilla.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- security@mozilla.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, 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.