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MFSA2014-17 Firefox: Out of bounds read during WAV file decoding (CVE-2014-1497)

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MFSA2014-17 Firefox: Out of bounds read during WAV file decoding (CVE-2014-1497)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/18/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/19/2014
Modified
08/10/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-24_4
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-28_0

References

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