CVE-2014-1549
Mozilla Firefox Audio Buffer Overflow Arbitrary Code Execution
Description
The mozilla::dom::AudioBufferSourceNodeEngine::CopyFromInputBuffer function in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0 and Thunderbird before 31.0 does not properly allocate Web Audio buffer memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) via crafted audio content that is improperly handled during playback buffering.
INFO
Published Date :
July 23, 2014, 11:12 a.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
8.6
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CVE-2014-1549 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59760 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60628 Added Reference http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-57.html Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68820 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620 Added Reference https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1020205 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 07, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/60628 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/59760 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 22, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 04, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 16, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68820 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 23, 2014
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-1549 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-1549
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.17 }} -8.56%
score
0.82817
percentile