CVE-2014-1514 — CRITICAL (9.8)

Q: How severe is CVE-2014-1514?

CVE-2014-1514 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.8/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2014-1514?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Debian Debian Linux, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit.

Vulnerability Description

vmtypedarrayobject.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 does not validate the length of the destination array before a copy operation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) by triggering incorrect use of the TypedArrayObject class.

CVSS Score

9.8

CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

HIGH

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mozilla	Firefox	< 28.0
Mozilla	Seamonkey	< 2.25
Mozilla	Thunderbird	< 24.4
Debian	Debian Linux	7.0
Suse	Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit	11.0
Opensuse	Opensuse	11.4
Suse	Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop	11
Suse	Suse Linux Enterprise Server	11
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Desktop	5.0
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Eus	6.5
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Server	5.0
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Server Aus	6.5
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Server Eus	6.5
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Server Tus	6.5
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Workstation	5.0
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	12.04

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2881Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2911Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-32.htmlVendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66240Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2151-1Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=983344ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2014-1514?

CVE-2014-1514 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). vmtypedarrayobject.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 does not validate the length of the destination array before a c...

How severe is CVE-2014-1514?

CVE-2014-1514 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.8/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.

Is there a patch for CVE-2014-1514?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Debian Debian Linux, Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit.