CVE-2015-4493 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2015-4493

Heap-based buffer overflow in the stagefright::ESDS::parseESDescriptor function in libstagefright in...

Vulnerability 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.

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

solaris, firefox, ubuntu linux, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
11.3, 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.