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CVE-2015-4506

Buffer overflow in the vp9_init_context_buffers function in libvpx, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted VP9 file.

Published

2015-09-24T04:59:09.303

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	mozilla	firefox	≤ 40.0.3	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.0.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.0.5	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.1.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.1.1	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.2.0	Yes
Application	mozilla	firefox	38.2.1	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00004.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00007.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1834.html ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3365 ([email protected])
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-101.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76816 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-1 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-2 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-3 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-4 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2754-1 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1192226 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00003.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00004.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00007.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1834.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3365 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-101.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76816 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033640 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-3 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2743-4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2754-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1192226 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)