The mozilla::AudioSink function in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 mishandles inconsistent sample formats within MP3 audio data, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a malformed file.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade firefox | Dec 1, 2016 | Aug 15, 2015 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade linux-seamonkeyUpgrade seamonkeyUpgrade linux-firefoxUpgrade libxulUpgrade linux-thunderbirdUpgrade thunderbirdUpgrade firefoxUpgrade firefox-esr | Dec 10, 2025 | Aug 11, 2015 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-libs/nss.Upgrade www-client/firefox.Upgrade www-client/firefox-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird-bin.Upgrade mail-client/thunderbird.Upgrade dev-libs/nspr. | Oct 30, 2017 | Aug 15, 2015 |
| Mfsa2015 80 | — | Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox ESR version 38.2Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox version 40.0Upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox | Aug 17, 2015 | Aug 15, 2015 |
| Mozilla Seamonkey | — | Upgrade to Mozilla SeaMonkey version 2.35.0 | Oct 22, 2015 | Aug 15, 2015 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade runtime/tcl-8/tcl-sqlite-3 to version 3.9.2-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade web/browser/firefox to version 38.4.0-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade database/sqlite-3 to version 3.9.2-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3Upgrade database/sqlite-3/documentation to version 3.9.2-0.175.3.8.0.2.0 on Solaris 11.3 | May 29, 2017 | Aug 15, 2015 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade firefox | Oct 16, 2024 | Aug 16, 2015 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mozilla-nss-develUpgrade mozilla-nss-x86Upgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-otherUpgrade firefox-libgcc_s1Upgrade libfreebl3-32bitUpgrade libsoftokn3Upgrade mozilla-nss-certsUpgrade libfreebl3-hmacUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-otherUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmacUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaThunderbird-develUpgrade mozilla-nssUpgrade libsoftokn3-hmac-32bitUpgrade libfreebl3Upgrade mozilla-nss-certs-32bitUpgrade MozillaFirefox-branding-SLEDUpgrade mozilla-nss-32bitUpgrade libfreebl3-hmac-32bitUpgrade libfreebl3-x86Upgrade libsoftokn3-32bitUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translations-commonUpgrade MozillaFirefox-develUpgrade mozilla-nss-toolsUpgrade MozillaFirefox-translationsUpgrade libsoftokn3-x86Upgrade MozillaFirefoxUpgrade MozillaThunderbirdUpgrade mozillafirefox-branding-sleUpgrade firefox-libstdc++6 | Dec 18, 2015 | Aug 15, 2015 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade firefox | Nov 8, 2024 | Aug 16, 2015 |
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