Bug 1108682 (CVE-2014-1543) - CVE-2014-1543 firefox: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the navigator.getGamepads function in the Gamepad API (MFSA 2014-54)
Summary: CVE-2014-1543 firefox: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the navigator....
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-1543
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1108683
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-06-12 12:33 UTC by Vasyl Kaigorodov
Modified: 2023-05-12 03:59 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: firefox 30.0
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-07-09 20:28:02 UTC
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Description Vasyl Kaigorodov 2014-06-12 12:33:39 UTC
Security researcher Looben Yang reported a buffer overflow in Gamepad API when it is exercised with a gamepad device with non-contiguous axes. This can be either an actual physical device or by the installation of a virtual gamepad. This results in a potentially exploitable crash. The Gamepad API was introduced in Firefox 29 and this issue does not affect earlier versions. 

External Reference:

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-54.html

Acknowledgements:

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Looben Yang as the original reporter.

Statement:

This issue does not affect the version of firefox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

Comment 1 Vasyl Kaigorodov 2014-06-12 12:34:07 UTC
Created firefox tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1108683]

Comment 2 Igor Gnatenko 2014-07-09 20:28:02 UTC
1. Fixed in FF30 (available for all branches)
2. "This issue occurs only on Windows 8 with a gamepad or virtual gamepad attached." @ http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-54.html


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