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MFSA2015-101 SeaMonkey: Buffer overflow in libvpx while parsing vp9 format video (CVE-2015-4506)

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MFSA2015-101 SeaMonkey: Buffer overflow in libvpx while parsing vp9 format video (CVE-2015-4506)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/24/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/22/2015
Modified
04/05/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-seamonkey-upgrade-2_38_0

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