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title: "CVE-2014-1576\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-1576

Publication date 14 October 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nsTransformedTextRun function in Mozilla
Firefox before 33.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.2, and Thunderbird 31.x
before 31.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via Cascading
Style Sheets (CSS) token sequences that trigger changes to capitalization
style.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 33.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| thunderbird | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:31.2.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:31.2.0+build2-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-1576)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1576)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1576)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1576)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2372-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2372-1)
+ Firefox vulnerabilities
+ 14 October 2014

+ [USN-2373-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2373-1)
+ Thunderbird vulnerabilities
+ 15 October 2014

### Other references

* <https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-75.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-1576>
