CVE-2014-1523 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1523?

CVE-2014-1523 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 30 Apr 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

Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_u32 function in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.5, Thunderbird before 24.5, and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted JPEG image.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1523?

It affects 15 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Seamonkey, Mozilla Thunderbird and 9 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1523?

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-2014-1523 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1523 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-2gmr-x2wc-4g5j, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1523.