CVE-2014-1542

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2014-1542 · Published 11/06/2014 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-1542 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting firefox (mozilla).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.3%, higher than 92.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
firefox mozilla	`≤ 29.0.1`	No fix yet

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.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00001.html · Third Party Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/59052 · Permissions Required
secunia.com/advisories/59171 · Permissions Required
secunia.com/advisories/59387 · Permissions Required
secunia.com/advisories/59486
secunia.com/advisories/59866 · Permissions Required
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-53.html · Vendor Advisory
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html · Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/67968 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1030388 · Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2243-1
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01

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