CVE-2014-8637

Summary

CVECVE-2014-8637
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-14 11:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-08 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionMozilla Firefox before 35.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.32 do not properly initialize memory for BMP images, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted web page that triggers the rendering of malformed BMP data within a CANVAS element.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Firefox All All All All
Application Mozilla Seamonkey All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - April 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Security Advisory SA62250 - Ubuntu update for firefox - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0192-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Uninitialized memory use during bitmap rendering — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Vendor Advisory
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Conduct Cross-Site Request Forgery Attacks, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0171-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0173-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Security Advisory SA62242 - Ubuntu update for ubufox - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Security Advisory SA62790 - SUSE update for seamonkey - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62316 - Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62253 - Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Advisory SA62446 - Waterfox Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:0077-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:0180-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Access Denied CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera SECUNIA secunia.com
Mozilla Firefox/SeaMonkey Bitmap Rendering Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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