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CVE-2015-4506

Mozilla: Buffer overflow in libvpx while parsing vp9 format video (MFSA 2015-101)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5

CVSS 2.0

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Published · September 22, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Buffer overflow in the vp9_init_context_buffers function in libvpx, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted VP9 file.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-120 · Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')