CVE-2014-1509

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 19, 2014 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM UTC
15 products affected across 5 vendorsUbuntu LinuxFirefoxThunderbird

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

Buffer overflow in the _cairo_truetype_index_to_ucs4 function in cairo, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted extension that renders fonts in a PDF document.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 28.024.0 ≤ v < 24.4
Affected range stops below 28.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.25
Affected range stops below 2.25, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 24.4
Affected range stops below 24.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (12)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120

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