PT-2016-5230 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox+6

Published 2016-08-02 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2016-2837

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 48.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.x versions prior to 45.3

Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the ClearKey Content Decryption Module (CDM) within the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API. This could potentially allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a malformed video, leveraging a Gecko Media Plugin (GMP) sandbox bypass.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 48.0, update to version 48.0 or later. For Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.x versions prior to 45.3, update to version 45.3 or later.

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1836

ALT-PU-2017-1578

CESA-2016_1551

CVE-2016-2837

DLA-585-1

DSA-3640-1

MGASA-2016-0278

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2253-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2254-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1964-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2026-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2016:1551

RHSA-2016_1551

SUSE-SU-2016:2061-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2131-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2195-1

USN-3044-1

ZDI-16-673

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Gecko Media Plugin

Firefox

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2167

• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-67 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2131-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-64 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-70 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-76 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2837 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2016:2254-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-63 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox-esr · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3044-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-80 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-79 · Vendor Advisory