CVE-2014-1509

high

Published 2014-03-19 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

8.8

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

CVSS v2

6.8

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Buffer overflow in the _cairo_truetype_index_to_ucs4 function in cairo, as used 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 execute arbitrary code via a crafted extension that renders fonts in a PDF document.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=966021

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-27.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	12.10	affected
ubuntu	13.10	affected
suse	11.4	affected
suse	12.3	affected
suse	13.1	affected
suse	11	affected
rhel	5.0	affected
rhel	6.0	affected
rhel	6.5	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
mozilla	firefox	`{"endExcluding":"28.0"}`	`28.0`
mozilla	seamonkey	`{"endExcluding":"2.25"}`	`2.25`
mozilla	thunderbird	`{"endExcluding":"24.4"}`	`24.4`
suse	suse_linux_enterprise_software_development_kit	`11.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-120

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.