PT-2015-1794 · Mozilla+6 · Firefox+7

Jean-Yves Avenard

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Published

2015-08-11

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Updated

2024-10-22

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CVE-2015-4493

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 40.0 Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.2
Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the stagefright::ESDS::parseESDescriptor function in libstagefright. This allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid size field in an esds chunk in MPEG-4 video data.
Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 40.0, update to version 40.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.2, update to version 38.2 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1704
ALT-PU-2016-1454
BDU:2015-11140
CESA-2015_1586
CVE-2015-4493
DSA-3333-1
MGASA-2015-0312
OPENSUSE-SU-2015_1389-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2015_1390-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
RHSA-2015:1586
RHSA-2015_1586
USN-2702-1
USN-2702-2
USN-2702-3

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Centos
Firefox Esr
Firefox
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu
Libstagefright