CVE-2014-1594

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 34.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.3, Thunderbird before 31.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.31 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an incorrect cast from the BasicThebesLayer data type to the BasicContainerLayer data type.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.69% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory mozilla.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71396 vdb entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1074280
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3090 vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-89.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3092 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1594?
CVE-2014-1594 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1594?
To fix CVE-2014-1594, 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-2014-1594 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-1594 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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