UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1578

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1578

    Published: 14 Oct 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-1578

    Summary:

    Details: The get_tile function in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via WebM frames with invalid tile sizes that are improperly handled in buffering operations during video playback.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1578, https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-77.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2372-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2373-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1578

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    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