CVE-2014-1576

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsTransformedTextRun function in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences that trigger changes to capitalization style.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.67% Top 15%
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Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/62021 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00003.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141085.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031028 vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00002.html vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-75.html vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2373-1 vendor advisory
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0421.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1635.html vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141796.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1041512
http://secunia.com/advisories/61387 third party advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2372-1 vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/62022 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031030 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/62023 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3050 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/61854 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3061 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70430 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1576?
CVE-2014-1576 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1576?
To fix CVE-2014-1576, 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-2014-1576 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-1576 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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