CVE-2015-4506 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow9 documents8 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
8.0%
top 7.91%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Webmproject LibvpxMozilla Firefox
Timeline
PublishedSep 24
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox40.0.3+7
▶Debianwebmproject/libvpx< 1.4.0-4+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-pwqf-hfj5-2rrc: Buffer overflow in the vp9_init_context_buffers function in libvpx, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 41↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2015-4506: Buffer overflow in the vp9_init_context_buffers function in libvpx, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 41↗2015-09-24
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OSV
CVE-2015-4506: Buffer overflow in the vp9_init_context_buffers function in libvpx, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 41↗2015-09-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2015-10-05
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Buffer overflow in libvpx while parsing vp9 format video (MFSA 2015-101)↗2015-09-22
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2015-09-22
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Debian
CVE-2015-4506: libvpx - Buffer overflow in the vp9_init_context_buffers function in libvpx, as used in M...↗2015
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-4506 Mozilla: Buffer overflow in libvpx while parsing vp9 format video (MFSA 2015-101)↗2015-09-23
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CVE-2015-4506 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase