CVE-2015-4506

medium
Published 2015-09-24 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4506

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@mozilla.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-101.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.4.0-4
debian debianbullseyefixed1.4.0-4
debian debianforkyfixed1.4.0-4
debian debiansidfixed1.4.0-4
debian debiantrixiefixed1.4.0-4

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox{"endIncluding":"40.0.3"}
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox38.1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.1.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.2.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.2.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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