UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8637

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8637

    Published: 14 Jan 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8637
    Aliases:
    USN-2458-1

    Summary:

    Details: Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 do not properly initialize memory for BMP images, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web page that triggers the rendering of malformed BMP data within a CANVAS element.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8637, https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/security/advisories/mfsa2015-02/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2458-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8637

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: firefox

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

    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