CVE-2014-1543

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the navigator.getGamepads function in the Gamepad API in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using non-contiguous axes with a (1) physical or (2) virtual Gamepad device.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 29.0.1

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00001.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/59171
http://secunia.com/advisories/59387
http://secunia.com/advisories/59486
http://secunia.com/advisories/59866
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-54.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67969
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030388
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1011859
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

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