# CVE-2014-1509: 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-03-19 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66425
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0310.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-27.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2151-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=966021
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0316.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html

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