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CVE-2014-1564

Mozilla Firefox before 32.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.1, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.1 do not properly initialize memory for GIF rendering, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via crafted web script that interacts with a CANVAS element associated with a malformed GIF image.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-1564 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from opensuse, from opensuse, from mozilla and 1 other, 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

2014-09-03T10:55:06.637

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-824

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	opensuse	evergreen	11.4	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.3	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 31.1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	30.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	31.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	thunderbird	31.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00003.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128132/Mozilla-Firefox-Secret-Leak.html ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/18 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60148 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61114 ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-69.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533357/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69525 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030793 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030794 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1045977 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00003.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-01/msg00024.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00031.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00011.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/128132/Mozilla-Firefox-Secret-Leak.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/18 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60148 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61114 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-69.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/533357/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69525 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030793 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030794 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1045977 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 opensuse'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.