--- title: "CVE-2014-1578\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1578?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-1578 Publication date 14 October 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The get\_tile 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 cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via WebM frames with invalid tile sizes that are improperly handled in buffering operations during video playback. ## 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 | --- * [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-2014-1578) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1578) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-1578) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1578) ### 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 * *