CVE-2014-8640: mozilla firefox Race Condition

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-8640 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Race Condition vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 2.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 14-01-2015
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The mozilla::dom::AudioParamTimeline::AudioNodeInputValue function in the Web Audio API implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 does not properly restrict timeline operations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized-memory read and application crash) via crafted API calls.

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.