CVE•Published 2014-03-19•Modified 2026-05-06•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2014-1497Mozilla · Firefox

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

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Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

Description

The mozilla::WaveReader::DecodeAudioData function 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 obtain sensitive information from process heap memory, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted WAV file.

Timeline

Published 2014-03-19

Modified 2026-05-06

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2014-1497

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Mozilla Firefox"

All exposed Mozilla Firefox instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Firefox"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Firefox" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2014-1497