USN-2458-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2458-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2458-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2458-1
Upstream
Related
Published
2015-01-14T21:27:04Z
Modified
2026-02-10T04:40:51Z
Summary
firefox vulnerabilities
Details

Christian Holler, Patrick McManus, Christoph Diehl, Gary Kwong, Jesse Ruderman, Byron Campen, Terrence Cole, and Nils Ohlmeier discovered multiple memory safety issues in Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-8634, CVE-2014-8635)

Bobby Holley discovered that some DOM objects with certain properties can bypass XrayWrappers in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to bypass security restrictions. (CVE-2014-8636)

Michal Zalewski discovered a use of uninitialized memory when rendering malformed bitmap images on a canvas element. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to steal confidential information. (CVE-2014-8637)

Muneaki Nishimura discovered that requests from navigator.sendBeacon() lack an origin header. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site request forgery (XSRF) attacks. (CVE-2014-8638)

Xiaofeng Zheng discovered that a web proxy returning a 407 response could inject cookies in to the originally requested domain. If a user connected to a malicious web proxy, an attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct session-fixation attacks. (CVE-2014-8639)

Holger Fuhrmannek discovered a crash in Web Audio while manipulating timelines. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2014-8640)

Mitchell Harper discovered a use-after-free in WebRTC. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2014-8641)

Brian Smith discovered that OCSP responses would fail to verify if signed by a delegated OCSP responder certificate with the id-pkix-ocsp-nocheck extension, potentially allowing a user to connect to a site with a revoked certificate. (CVE-2014-8642)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / firefox

Package

Name
firefox
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/firefox@35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2

Affected versions

24.*
24.0+build1-0ubuntu1
25.*
25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
28.*
28.0~b2+build1-0ubuntu2
28.0+build1-0ubuntu1
28.0+build2-0ubuntu1
28.0+build2-0ubuntu2
29.*
29.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2
30.*
30.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.3
31.*
31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
32.*
32.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
32.0.3+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
33.*
33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
34.*
34.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "firefox"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "firefox-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "firefox-globalmenu"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "firefox-mozsymbols"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "35.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.2",
            "binary_name": "firefox-testsuite"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map
{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-8634"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-8635"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-8636"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-8637"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-8638"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-8639"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-8640"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-8641"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "low",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2014-8642"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}
source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2458-1.json"