Mozilla: Buffer overflow in Web Audio Speex resampler (MFSA 2014-53)
Published Jun 11, 2014
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.30%
Description
Buffer overflow in the Speex resampler in the Web Audio subsystem in Mozilla Firefox before 30.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to a crafted AudioBuffer channel count and sample rate.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
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 2, 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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 5.30% (0.05298) | 92.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.30% (0.05298) | 91.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 24, 2025 | 4.72% (0.04721) | 88.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.93% (0.02930) | 85.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 7.61% (0.07615) | 86.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.93% (0.02930) | 85.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.99% (0.02991) | 90.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 23, 2024 | 1.86% (0.01861) | 88.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 26, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01320) | 84.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.93% (0.00934) | 80.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 87.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00040.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59052 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59171 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59387 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59486 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59866 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-53.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/67968 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030388 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2243-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1542 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=991533 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1107425 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1542
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1542
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