UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1523

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1523

    Published: 29 Apr 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-1523

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1523, http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-37.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2185-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2189-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1523

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

    Affected versions

    24.0+build1-0ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High