CVE-2015-4479

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2015-08-11
CWE:
(CWE-190|CWE-119)
Bugzilla:
1252285: CVE-2015-4479 CVE-2015-4480 CVE-2015-4493 Mozilla: Overflow issues in libstagefright (MFSA 2015-83)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Multiple integer overflows in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted saio chunk in MPEG-4 video data.

Find out more about CVE-2015-4479 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) RHSA-2015:1586 2015-08-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) RHSA-2015:1586 2015-08-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) RHSA-2015:1586 2015-08-11

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Massimiliano Tomassoli, laf.intel, Massimiliano Tomassoli and Tyson Smith as the original reporter.

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