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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2014-1564 EUVD-2014-1640GHSA-cmpx-j54c-xj6j

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 rende…

Published Sep 3, 2014 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mozilla

Package: firefox Package: thunderbird Ecosystem: Ubuntu

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.

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.

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS firefox 32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 USN-2329-1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS thunderbird 1:31.1.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 USN-2330-1

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaFirefox 50.1.0-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed MozillaThunderbird 45.5.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
openSUSE Tumbleweed firefox-esr 128.5.1-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Exploit-DB 1

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 5

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