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High
CVE-2015-4475
The mozilla::AudioSink function in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1175396
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76294
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-80.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
firefox, ubuntu linux, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5, 38.1.0, 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 13.1, 13.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 16th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.