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CVE-2014-1542

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-1542 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the Speex resampler of the Web Audio subsystem in Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 30.0, also affecting OpenSUSE and Oracle products. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating AudioBuffer channel counts and sample rates. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium), exploitation requires medium attack complexity but could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 29.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0530 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

mozillavendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-1542Critical

Mozilla: Buffer overflow in Web Audio Speex resampler (MFSA 2014-53)

Jun 10, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
secunia.com / advisories/59052
Permissions Required
secunia.com / advisories/59171
Permissions Required
secunia.com / advisories/59387
Permissions Required
secunia.com / advisories/59486
secunia.com / advisories/59866
Permissions Required
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201504-01
mozilla.org / security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-53.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/67968
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1030388
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2243-1