Mozilla Firefox 31.2/33.0 Media Content Parser memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox 31.2/33.0. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Media Content Parser. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-1593. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Mozilla Firefox 31.2/33.0 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Media Content Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 12/02/2014 by Abhishek Arya (Inferno) with Google Chrome Security Team as mfsa2014-88 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mozilla.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-1593 since 01/16/2014. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/25/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79693 (CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2014:1919)), 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 195690 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Thunderbird Vulnerabilities (USN-2428-1)).

Upgrading to version 34 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 (99065), Tenable (79693), SecurityFocus (BID 71395†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031286†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47384†). bugzilla.mozilla.org is providing further details. The entries VDB-68306, VDB-68307, VDB-68308 and VDB-68309 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Mozilla Firefox 33
  • Mozilla Firefox ESR 31.2
  • Mozilla Thunderbird 31.2

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 8.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 79693
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2014:1919)
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OpenVAS ID: 703090
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3090-1 (iceweasel - security update)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Firefox 34

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: mfsa2014-88
Researcher: Abhishek Arya (Inferno)
Organization: Google Chrome Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-1593 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-1593
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-68312

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X-Force: 99065 - Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird media content buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 71395 - Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird CVE-2014-1593 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031286 - Mozilla Firefox Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Bypass Security Restrictions, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 47384 - Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey Remote Code Execution and DoS Vulnerability due to Buffer Overflow, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/03/2014 10:29
Updated: 11/25/2025 22:55
Changes: 12/03/2014 10:29 (86), 06/13/2017 08:45 (2), 02/27/2022 12:59 (2), 02/27/2022 13:06 (1), 11/25/2025 22:55 (15)
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Cache ID: 216:4A1:103

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