CVE-2014-1522

critical
Published 2014-04-30 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
9.3
VIR risk
9.3

Description

The mozilla::dom::OscillatorNodeEngine::ComputeCustom function in the Web Audio subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 29.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.26 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, memory corruption, and application crash) via crafted content.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
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=995289

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-36.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu13.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
suse suse12.3affected
suse suse13.1affected
fedora fedora19affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endExcluding":"29.0"}29.0
mozilla mozillaseamonkey{"endExcluding":"2.26"}2.26

References

CWEs

CWE-125

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