PT-2014-4229 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox+7

Published 2014-10-01 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2014-1576

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 33.0 Firefox ESR versions 31.x prior to 31.2 Thunderbird versions 31.x prior to 31.2

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue exists, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences that trigger changes to capitalization style.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 33.0, update to version 33.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions 31.x prior to 31.2, update to version 31.2 or later. For Thunderbird versions 31.x prior to 31.2, update to version 31.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-2225

ALT-PU-2014-2226

ALT-PU-2015-1464

CESA-2014_1635

CVE-2014-1576

DSA-3050-1

DSA-3061-1

MGASA-2014-0419

MGASA-2014-0421

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2014:1635

RHSA-2014_1635

USN-2372-1

USN-2373-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox Esr

Firefox

Red Hat

Suse

Thunderbird

Ubuntu

References · 2326

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_proxy_prototype.rb · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/browser/firefox_pdfjs_privilege_escalation.rb · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09815 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8635 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-82.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2715 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8638 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-68.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0826 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0831 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09885 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0805 · Security Note
• https://mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-70.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1635.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2706 · Security Note