CVE-2014-1513 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1513?

CVE-2014-1513 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Mar 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

TypedArrayObject.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25 does not prevent a zero-length transition during use of an ArrayBuffer object, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds write or read) via a crafted web site.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1513?

It affects 16 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird, Opensuse Opensuse and 10 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1513?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-1513 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1513 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jcgc-g2q4-pjwr.