PT-2015-2173 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox+6

Atte Kettunen

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Published

2015-09-22

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Updated

2024-12-12

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CVE-2015-4511

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 41.0 Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.3
Description The issue is caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the nestegg track codec data function. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted header in a WebM video, potentially allowing the execution of arbitrary code.
Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 41.0, update to version 41.0 or later. For Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.3, update to version 38.3 or later.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1816
ALT-PU-2016-1454
BDU:2015-11519
CESA-2015_1834
CVE-2015-4511
DSA-3365-1
MGASA-2015-0414
OPENSUSE-SU-2015_1658-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2015_1679-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2015_1681-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
RHSA-2015:1834
RHSA-2015_1834
SUSE-SU-2015:1680-1
SUSE-SU-2015:1703-1
USN-2754-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux
Centos
Firefox Esr
Firefox
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu