Information disclosure in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2014-8637

Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 do not properly initialize memory for BMP images, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web page that triggers the rendering of malformed BMP data within a CANVAS element.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.022 (80.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-8637?
CVE-2014-8637 is a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2015-01-14.
Is CVE-2014-8637 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.