CVE-2014-1578

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-10-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 32.0; 31.0, 31.1.0, 30.0
Mozilla Thunderbird: 31.0, 31.1.0

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141796.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/141085.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-11/msg00003.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1635.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1647.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/61387
http://secunia.com/advisories/61854

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