Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2015-4475
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.048 (91.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.048 · newest: 0.048 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/76294 (vdb-entry)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html (vendor-advisory)