CVE-2014-1578

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-10-14
Impact:	Critical	What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2014-1578 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2014-1635	2014-10-15
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2014-1635	2014-10-15
Oracle Linux version 6 (thunderbird)	ELSA-2014-1647	2014-10-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2014-1635	2014-10-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (xulrunner)	ELSA-2014-1635	2014-10-15