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
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.022 (81.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 82nd percentile — 81.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.022 · newest: 0.022 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/62242 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031533 (vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62250 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00033.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62418 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00032.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/62316 (third-party-advisory)
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.