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CVE-2014-1557

The ConvolveHorizontally function in Skia, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 31.0, Firefox ESR 24.x before 24.7, and Thunderbird before 24.7, does not properly handle the discarding of image data during function execution, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering prolonged image scaling, as demonstrated by scaling of a high-quality image.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-1557 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 5 products from oracle, from mozilla, from mozilla and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-07-23T11:12:43.217

Last Modified

2026-06-17T00:05:09.380

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	oracle	solaris	11.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 30.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	24.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	24.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	24.0.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	24.1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	24.1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox_esr	24.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox_esr	24.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox_esr	24.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox_esr	24.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox_esr	24.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	≤ 24.6	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	24.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	24.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	24.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	24.1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	24.2	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	24.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	24.4	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	24.5	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	6.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes

References

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0918.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/59591 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/59719 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/59760 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60083 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60306 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60486 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60621 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60628 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2996 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-64.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68824 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=913805 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 ([email protected])
http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0918.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59591 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59719 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59760 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60083 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60306 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60486 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60621 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60628 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2986 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2996 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-64.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68824 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030619 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030620 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=913805 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For oracle's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.