CVE-2014-1587

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Description

The CVE Program describes this issue as:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 34.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.3, Thunderbird before 31.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.31 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Additional information

  • Bugzilla 1169201: Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:31.3) (MFSA 2014-83)
  • CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
  • FAQ: Frequently asked questions about CVE-2014-1587

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

Important note

CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
Red HatNVD

CVSS v2 Base Score

6.8

6.8

Attack Vector

Network

Network

Access Complexity

Medium

Medium

Authentication

None

None

Confidentiality Impact

Partial

Partial

Integrity Impact

Partial

Partial

Availability Impact

Partial

Partial

CVSS v2 Vector

Red Hat: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-120

Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability

Technical Impact: Modify Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

Buffer overflows often can be used to execute arbitrary code, which is usually outside the scope of the product's implicit security policy. This can often be used to subvert any other security service.

Availability

Technical Impact: Modify Memory; DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)

Buffer overflows generally lead to crashes. Other attacks leading to lack of availability are possible, including putting the product into an infinite loop.

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Mozilla project for reporting this issue.

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