CVE-2015-4493

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Heap-based buffer overflow in the stagefright::ESDS::parseESDescriptor function in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox bef

Heap-based buffer overflow in the stagefright::ESDS::parseESDescriptor function in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid size field in an esds chunk in MPEG-4 video data, a related issue to CVE-2015-1539.

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 0.06981

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EPSS percentile: top 8% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules1 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

oracle solarisall versions
mozilla firefox<= 39.0.3
mozilla firefoxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
opensuseall versions

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Sigma Hunt Rules

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producthighSQLite Firefox Profile Data DB Access

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Scoring & Timeline

9.3

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@mozilla.org

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v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD16 Aug 2015 · 01:59 AM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
usnUSN-2702-1
rhsaRHSA-2015:1586Critical
mozilla-mfsaMFSA2015-83

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.htmlThird Party Advisory

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.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333

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http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-83.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1186718Issue Tracking

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/a674c7019cb5

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

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