CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-1576

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsTransformedTextRun function in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences that trigger changes to capitalization style.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code remotely, posing a significant security risk to systems using these applications.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird to the latest versions to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsTransformedTextRun function in Mozilla Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x before 31.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences that trigger changes to capitalization style.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS