CVE-2014-1564: mozilla firefox Access of Uninitialized Pointer
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-1564 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 5.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 5Timeline
- 03-09-2014PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.1, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.1 do not properly initialize memory for GIF rendering, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via crafted web script that interacts with a CANVAS element associated with a malformed GIF image.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
5.46%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 5.46% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundMozilla Firefox 9.0.1 / Thunderbird 3.1.20 - Information Disclosure
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Mozilla2 products
- firefox≤ 31.1.0 | 30.0 | 31.0
- thunderbird31.0
Ubuntu2 products
- firefox< 32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- thunderbird< 1:31.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
3 vendors · 6 products
References
21 links- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
Show all 21 references
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00003.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00011.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEThird Party Advisory