CVE-2014-1509

Public Exploit

Description

Buffer overflow in the _cairo_truetype_index_to_ucs4 function in cairo, as used 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 execute arbitrary code via a crafted extension that renders fonts in a PDF document.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.81% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com 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:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66425 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/mfsa2014-27.html 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
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=966021 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-2014-1509?
CVE-2014-1509 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1509?
To fix CVE-2014-1509, 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-2014-1509 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-1509 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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