CVE-2014-1557

CVE Details

Release Date:

2014-07-22

Description

The ConvolveHorizontally function in Skia, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7, does not properly handle the discarding of image data during function execution, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering prolonged image scaling, as demonstrated by scaling of a high-quality image.

See more information about CVE-2014-1557 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.1	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2014-0919	2014-07-22
Oracle Linux version 5 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2014-0918	2014-07-22
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2014-0919	2014-07-22
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2014-0918	2014-07-22
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2014-0919	2014-07-22
Oracle Linux version 7 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2014-0919	2014-07-22

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