CVE-2014-8643

Publication date 14 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass the Gecko Media Plugin (GMP) sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging access to the GMP process, as demonstrated by the OpenH264 plugin's process.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
firefox	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

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Notes

chrisccoulson

This is a Windows only issue

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/security/advisories/mfsa2015-07/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8643