Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the navigator.getGamepads function in the Gamepad API in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using non-contiguous axes with a (1) physical or (2) virtual Gamepad device.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | MozillaFirefox | 50.1.0-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 |
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | firefox-esr | 128.5.1-1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 |
Advisories 2
- openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · May 7, 2025
References
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0819 vendor-advisory
- 59387 third-party-advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-54.html
- 1030388 vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0855 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1011859
- GLSA-201504-01 vendor-advisory
- 59866 third-party-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- 67969 vdb-entry
- 59171 third-party-advisory
- 59486 third-party-advisory