CVE-2015-0797

medium
Published 2015-05-14 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

GStreamer before 1.4.5, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0, Firefox ESR 31.x before 31.7, and Thunderbird before 31.7 on Linux, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted H.264 video data in an m4v file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/#thunderbird31.7

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1080995

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-47.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
linux linux-kernel-not-affected
redhat rhel5.0affected
redhat rhel6.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected
redhat rhel6.6affected
redhat rhel7.1affected
redhat rhel7.2affected
redhat rhel7.3affected
redhat rhel7.4affected
redhat rhel7.5affected
redhat rhel7.6affected
redhat rhel7.7affected
suse suse11affected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
debian debian9.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gstreamergstreamer{"endExcluding":"1.4.5"}1.4.5
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endExcluding":"38.0"}38.0
mozilla mozillaseamonkey{"endExcluding":"2.35"}2.35
mozilla mozillathunderbird{"endExcluding":"31.7"}31.7

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.