CVE-2014-1528

The sse2_composite_src_x888_8888 function in Pixman, as used in Cairo in Mozilla Firefox 28.0 and SeaMonkey 2.25 on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) by painting on a CANVAS element.

Published: 2014-04-30 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-1528 is rated High Risk (76.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.55%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +4.29% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1528

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.26% 5.55% +4.29%
2 2025-10-08 1.12% 1.26% +0.14%
3 2025-03-30 1.12%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1528

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1528

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1528

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1528
suse critical CVE-2014-1528 severity critical: SUSE including 26 source package names (MozillaFirefox-140.2.0-160000.1.2, MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1, …), 26 product×package rows across 4 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, openSUSE Leap 15.0, openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 26. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-1528/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-1528 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (firefox), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, saucy, trusty, upstream): released 5, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1528

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1528

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 13.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse_project opensuse 12.3 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 11.3 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla firefox 28.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mozilla seamonkey 2.25 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:seamonkey:2.25:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 19 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1528

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