CVE-2014-1525
Description
The mozilla::dom::TextTrack::AddCue function in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.26 does not properly perform garbage collection for Text Track Manager variables, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and heap memory corruption) via a crafted VIDEO element in an HTML document.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Affected | — |
SUSE Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 13.1 | Affected | — |
| 12.3 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 4 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 13.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-39.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030163
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030164
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989210
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132437.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00033.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-39.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030163
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030164
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2185-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=989210
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
CWEs
CWE-416 CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.