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CVE-2014-1509 json

Buffer overflow in the _cairo_truetype_index_to_ucs4 function in cairo, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.…

published 2014-03-19 12 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-1585

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.0%
EPSS 5.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the _cairo_truetype_index_to_ucs4 function in cairo, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 28.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.4, Thunderbird before 24.4, and SeaMonkey before 2.25, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted extension that renders fonts in a PDF document.

Patch / fix

  • mozilla firefox 24.4, 28.0
  • mozilla seamonkey 2.25
  • mozilla thunderbird 24.4
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 24.4.0-1.el5_10
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 24.4.0-1.el6_5
  • firefox RHEL 5 24.4.0-1.el5_10
  • firefox RHEL 6 24.4.0-1.el6_5

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0316RHSA-2014:0310

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-1509 updated cvss 5.1

Mozilla: Memory corruption in Cairo during PDF font rendering (MFSA 2014-27)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 24.4.0-1.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 24.4.0-1.el5_10, thunderbird 24.4.0-1.el5_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 24.4.0-1.el6_5, thunderbird 24.4.0-1.el6_5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 24.4.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0310
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 24.4.0-1.el5_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0316
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 24.4.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0310
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) thunderbird 24.4.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0316
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 24.4.0-1.el6_5, thunderbird 24.4.0-1.el6_5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0310

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Exploit prediction

4.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.mozilla.org https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=966021 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input

References

Sources

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