CVE-2014-1522

critical
Published 2014-04-30 ยท Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
9.3

Description

The mozilla::dom::OscillatorNodeEngine::ComputeCustom function in the Web Audio subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, memory corruption, and application crash) via crafted content.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

fedora Fedora Affected 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
19 Affected โ€”
suse SUSE Affected 2 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
13.1 Affected โ€”
12.3 Affected โ€”
ubuntu Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
14.04 Affected โ€”
13.10 Affected โ€”
12.10 Affected โ€”
12.04 Affected โ€”

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endExcluding":"29.0"}29.0
mozilla mozillaseamonkey{"endExcluding":"2.26"}2.26

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.