CVE Catalog

CVE-2014-8643

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass the Gecko Media Plugin (GMP) sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to the GMP process, as demonstrated by the OpenH264 plugin's process.

Risk Assessment

Attackers may gain access to sensitive data or execute malicious code in the user's context, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Mozilla Firefox to version 35.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass the Gecko Media Plugin (GMP) sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to the GMP process, as demonstrated by the OpenH264 plugin's process.

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