Mozilla: Memory corruption in Cairo during PDF font rendering (MFSA 2014-27)
Published Mar 19, 2014
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 5.03%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.5
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 6.5
- 5.0
- 6.0
Configuration 3
- 12.04
- 12.10
- 13.10
Configuration 4
- 11.0
- 11.4
- 12.3
- 13.1
- 11
- 11
- 11
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0310
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0316
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0310
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5
Fixed · RHSA-2014:0316
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0310 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el5_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0316 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0310 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird-0:24.4.0-1.el6_5 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:0316 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.03% (0.05030) | 92.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.01% (0.05008) | 91.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.81% (0.00810) | 72.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.99% (0.02994) | 77.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.81% (0.00810) | 72.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.23% (0.02234) | 89.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 17, 2024 | 2.23% (0.02234) | 89.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.52% (0.01517) | 84.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.83% (0.08830) | 93.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.83% (0.08830) | 93.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.83% (0.08830) | 82.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-27.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66425 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2151-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1509 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=966021 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077028 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1509
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1509
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.