CVE-2015-4493
Status: ModifiedHigh (9.3)—
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.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Base score: 9.3
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 7.36%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 94
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (4)
CWEs
- CWE-119
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-83.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1186718
- https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/a674c7019cb5
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-83.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1186718
- https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/a674c7019cb5
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
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