FKIE_CVE-2014-1523
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-04-30 10:49 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:05
Severity
Summary
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
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | firefox | * | |
| mozilla | seamonkey | * | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | * | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 19 | |
| fedoraproject | fedora | 20 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 12.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 13.10 | |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_eus | 6.5 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 5.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 6.0 | |
| 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 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 11.4 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 12.3 | |
| opensuse | opensuse | 13.1 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 10 | |
| suse | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 11 |
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