CVE•Published 2014-03-19•Modified 2026-05-06•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2014-1509Mozilla · 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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Description
Buffer overflow in the _cairo_truetype_index_to_ucs4 function in cairo, as used 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 execute arbitrary code via a crafted extension that renders fonts in a PDF document.
Timeline
Published 2014-03-19
Modified 2026-05-06
External references
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-2014-1509Hosts 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-2014-1509Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2014-1509Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2014-1509Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2014-1509GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2014-1509" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.