CVE-2014-1523
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: April 30, 2014 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:05 AM UTC
15 products affected across 7 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_u32 function in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG image.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 29.024.0 ≤ v < 24.5
Affected range stops below 29.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.26
Affected range stops below 2.26, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 24.5
Affected range stops below 24.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132332.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html
References (22)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132332.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00006.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-05/msg00015.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00013.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00040.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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