CVE-2014-1550

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaInputPort class in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 and Thunderbird before 31.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) by leveraging incorrect Web Audio control-message ordering.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.98% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1020411
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620	vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/60628	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59760	third party advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-58.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1550?: CVE-2014-1550 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1550?: To fix CVE-2014-1550, 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-2014-1550 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2014-1550 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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