CVE-2014-1497 is a critical vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey, stemming from an out-of-bounds read in the mozilla::WaveReader::DecodeAudioData function when processing crafted WAV files. This allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service, leak sensitive heap memory information, and potentially achieve further unspecified impact. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability is easily exploitable via a low-complexity attack requiring user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 28.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 24.0, < 24.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 2.25CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 24.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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