CVE-2015-4485

Heap-based buffer overflow in the resize_context_buffers function in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed WebM video data.

Score

CVSS 2.0 10.0 Critical

Status

Modified - security@mozilla.org

Published

2015-08-16

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Firefox (Mozilla)
• Opensuse (Opensuse)
• Solaris (Oracle)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-89.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1177948
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06