CVE-2014-8643
Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass the Gecko Media Plugin ...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2014-8643- CVSS 2.0
- 7.1 High
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2014-8643- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-8480 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2014-8480- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xf23-357c-2vmh No score
Mozilla Firefox before 35.0 on Windows allows remote attackers to bypass the Gecko Media Plugin ...
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.
- Record
GHSA-xf23-357c-2vmh- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1 No score
MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the MozillaFirefox-50.1.0-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1 No score
seamonkey-2.40-6.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the seamonkey-2.40-6.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10218-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 No score
firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the firefox-esr-128.5.1-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
MozillaFirefoxopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 899 CVEs |
before 50.1.0-1.1 | 50.1.0-1.1 |
firefox-esropenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 1860 CVEs |
before 128.5.1-1.1 | 128.5.1-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-8643 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Mozilla Firefox, published January 14, 2015. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.54%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
securitytracker.com/id/1031533
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-02/msg00002.html
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1117140
secunia.com/advisories/62446
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securityfocus.com/bid/72043
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99962
mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2015-07.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8643
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xf23-357c-2vmh
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5913
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