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CVE-2015-4493
Heap-based buffer overflow in the stagefright::ESDS::parseESDescriptor function in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and…
High9.3EPSS 6.7%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.7% · top 6.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
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References (15)
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1454 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2702-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1186718 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1389 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1453 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1586 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-83.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1033247 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/a674c7019cb5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2702-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-2702-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-201605-06 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-3333 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1390 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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