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CVE-2014-1497

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-03-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

The mozilla::WaveReader::DecodeAudioData function in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted WAV file.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 12.10, 13.10
• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
• Mozilla Firefox: before 28.0; from 24.0 before 24.4 — fixed in 24.4, 28.0
• Mozilla Seamonkey: before 2.25 — fixed in 2.25
• Mozilla Thunderbird: before 24.4 — fixed in 24.4
• Opensuse: 11.4, 12.3, 13.1
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 6.5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0, 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 6.5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 6.5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 6.5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0, 6.0
• Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: 11-sp3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise: 11-sp3
• Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 11.0-sp3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Mozilla Firefox 24.4, 28.0; Mozilla Seamonkey 2.25; Mozilla Thunderbird 24.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2881
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2911
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-17.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66423
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2151-1

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