CVE-2014-1557
HIGH severity · CVSS 9.3 · Code injection
9.3CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)5%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0918.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59591
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59719
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59760
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60083
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60306
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60486
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60621