CVE-2014-1523

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.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.40%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0448.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132332.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00013.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030165 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67129 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00040.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2189-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0449.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=969226 issue tracking vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-37.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2918 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2924 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030164 vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030163 vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1523?
CVE-2014-1523 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1523?
To fix CVE-2014-1523, 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-2014-1523 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-1523 is being actively exploited. 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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