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CVE-2014-1523
Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_u32 function in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5,…
Medium6.5EPSS 3.1%
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Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_u32 function in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG image.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (22)
- RHSA-2014:0448 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-5833 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0602 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0599 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0629 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0727 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201504-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1030165 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 67129 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0640 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2189-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2014:0449 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=969226 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-37.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:0665 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- DSA-2918 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-2924 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2185-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 1030164 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1030163 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2014-5829 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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