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Mozilla Firefox < 32.0

medium Nessus Plugin ID 279175

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Synopsis

A web browser installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Firefox installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 32.0. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the mfsa2014-69 advisory.

 - Apparent info leak caused by uninitialized memory with malformed GIFs(CVE-2014-1564) (CVE-2014-1564)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 32.0 or later.

See Also

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2014-69/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 279175

File Name: mozilla_firefox_32_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/18/2025

Updated: 12/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1564

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:mozilla:firefox

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Mozilla Firefox

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1564

IAVA: 2014-A-0131-S