CVE-2014-1578
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
The get_tile function in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via WebM frames with invalid tile sizes that are improperly handled in buffering operations during video playback.
Find out more about CVE-2014-1578 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2014:1635 | 2014-10-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2014:1647 | 2014-10-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2014:1635 | 2014-10-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2014:1647 | 2014-10-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2014:1635 | 2014-10-15 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Abhishek Arya as the original reporter.External References
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