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MFSA2015-83 Firefox: Overflow issues in libstagefright (CVE-2015-4493)

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MFSA2015-83 Firefox: Overflow issues in libstagefright (CVE-2015-4493)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/15/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/17/2015
Modified
04/05/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-38_2
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-40_0

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