CVE-2015-4511 — 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 Overflow7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
4.0%
top 11.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla Thunderbird
Timeline
PublishedSep 24
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the nestegg_track_codec_data function in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted header in a WebM video.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
▶NVDmozilla/firefox40.0.3+7
▶Ubuntumozilla/thunderbird< 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-mhrf-5mvv-xxp7: Heap-based buffer overflow in the nestegg_track_codec_data function in Mozilla Firefox before 41↗2022-05-17
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OSV
thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2015-10-05
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OSV
CVE-2015-4511: Heap-based buffer overflow in the nestegg_track_codec_data function in Mozilla Firefox before 41↗2015-09-23
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2015-10-05
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Buffer overflow while decoding WebM video (MFSA 2015-105)↗2015-09-22
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-4511 Mozilla: Buffer overflow while decoding WebM video (MFSA 2015-105)↗2015-09-23
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