CVE-2014-1542 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-1542?

CVE-2014-1542 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, published on 11 Jun 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

Buffer overflow in the Speex resampler in the Web Audio subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a crafted AudioBuffer channel count and sample rate.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1542?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Mozilla Firefox, Opensuse Opensuse, Opensuse Project Opensuse, Oracle Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2014-1542?

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-2014-1542 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1542 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox

• CVE-2019-11708 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Sandbox Escape Exploited Critical 10.0
• CVE-2010-3765 Mozilla Multiple Products Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26486 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2022-26485 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2019-11707 Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Mozilla Firefox vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-c9fr-v3cp-6wrm, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1542.