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CVE-2014-1508

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1508 is a critical vulnerability affecting Mozilla Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey. It stems from an out-of-bounds read in the libxul.so!gfxContext::Polygon function during MathML polygon rendering, allowing remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service, or potentially bypass the Same Origin Policy. With a CVSS score of 9.1, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high confidentiality and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.1CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0427 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: thunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5
View patch
mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-1508Moderate

Mozilla: Information disclosure through polygon rendering in MathML (MFSA 2014-26)

Mar 18, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201504-01
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2881
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2911
Third Party Advisory
mozilla.org / security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-26.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/66426
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2151-1
Third Party Advisory