CVE-2014-1594
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Mozilla Firefox before 34.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.3, Thunderbird before 31.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.31 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging an incorrect cast from the BasicThebesLayer data type to the BasicContainerLayer data type.
Find out more about CVE-2014-1594 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| 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 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2014:1924 | 2014-12-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2014:1919 | 2014-12-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2014:1919 | 2014-12-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2014:1919 | 2014-12-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2014:1924 | 2014-12-02 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Boris Zbarsky as the original reporter.External References
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