CVE-2014-1508

Publication date 18 March 2014

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The libxul.so!gfxContext::Polygon function 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 obtain sensitive information from process memory, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash), or possibly bypass the Same Origin Policy via vectors involving MathML polygon rendering.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	13.10 saucy	Fixed 28.0+build2-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 28.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 28.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
thunderbird	13.10 saucy	Fixed 1:24.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.13.10.2
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 1:24.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1:24.4.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.1 · Critical

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.1 · Critical
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2151-1
Thunderbird vulnerabilities
21 March 2014

USN-2150-1
Firefox vulnerabilities
18 March 2014