CVE-2015-4486: Buffer Overflow
First published: Sun Aug 16 2015(Updated: )
The decrease_ref_count function in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via malformed WebM video data.
Credit: security@mozilla.org security@mozilla.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =12.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
| Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =15.04 | |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =13.1 | |
| openSUSE openSUSE | =13.2 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | <=39.0.3 | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.0 | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.0.1 | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.0.5 | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | =38.1.0 | |
| Oracle Solaris | =11.3 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | =38.0 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | =38.0.1 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | =38.0.5 | |
| Mozilla Firefox | =38.1.0 |
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Reference Links
- 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=1178148
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
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- version/mozilla firefox/39.0.3
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