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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-8643

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.

HIGH 7.1EPSS 1.54%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 2.0
7.1 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
EPSS
1.54% probability · 74th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
opensuse/opensuse · mozilla/firefox
Source
security@mozilla.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.