CVE-2014-1553: mozilla firefox

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-1553 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 5.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 03-09-2014
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.1, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.