Mozilla Firefox 26 RasterImage Image Decoder access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 26. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component RasterImage Image Decoder. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2014-1482. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 26 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component RasterImage Image Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

RasterImage.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 27.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.3, Thunderbird before 24.3, and SeaMonkey before 2.24 does not prevent access to discarded data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (incorrect write operations) via crafted image data, as demonstrated by Goo Create.

The weakness was presented 02/04/2014 by Fredrik Lönnqvist as MFSA2014-04 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at mozilla.org. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Mozilla. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-1482 since 01/16/2014. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72350 (CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2014:0132)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121775 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2014:0132)).

Upgrading to version 27 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (90894), Tenable (72350), SecurityFocus (BID 65328†), OSVDB (102868†) and Secunia (SA56706†). See VDB-12168, VDB-12169, VDB-12170 and VDB-12171 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox 26
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 24.2
  • Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.23
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 24.2

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 72350
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 : firefox (CESA-2014:0132)
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OpenVAS ID: 702858
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2858-1 (iceweasel - several vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 27

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02/04/2014 +19 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: MFSA2014-04
Researcher: Fredrik Lönnqvist
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1482 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1482
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12173

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X-Force: 90894 - Mozilla Firefox,Thunderbird and SeaMonkey RasterImage code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 65328 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey CVE-2014-1482 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 56706 - Cyberfox Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 102868
SecurityTracker: 1029717
Vulnerability Center: 43142 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote DoS and Code Execution due to Use of Discarded Images (CVE-2014-1482), Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/06/2014 10:45
Updated: 11/25/2025 20:26
Changes: 02/06/2014 10:45 (86), 01/31/2018 09:54 (5), 06/09/2021 02:08 (3), 06/09/2021 02:16 (11), 06/09/2021 02:23 (1), 11/25/2025 20:26 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:423:103

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