PT-2014-1483 · Mozilla+3 · Thunderbird+5
Published
2014-09-02
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Updated
2024-12-12
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CVE-2014-1564
CVSS v2.0
4.3
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 32.0
Firefox ESR versions prior to 31.1
Thunderbird versions prior to 31.1
Description
The issue exists due to improper initialization of memory for GIF rendering, allowing 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. This can be exploited by remote attackers to gain access to confidential information from the process memory using a specially formed web script that interacts with a CANVAS element linked to a malformed GIF image.
Recommendations
For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 32.0, update to version 32.0 or later.
For Firefox ESR versions prior to 31.1, update to version 31.1 or later.
For Thunderbird versions prior to 31.1, update to version 31.1 or later.
Exploit
Fix
Access of Uninitialized Pointer
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Firefox Esr
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Suse
Thunderbird
Ubuntu