CVE-2014-1497

Public Exploit

Description

The mozilla::WaveReader::DecodeAudioData function in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted WAV file.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.38%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66423 vdb entry third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-17.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2911 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2151-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2881 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=966311 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1497?
CVE-2014-1497 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1497?
To fix CVE-2014-1497, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-1497 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-1497 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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