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CVE-2015-0797 json

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…

published 2015-05-14 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-0810

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.4%
EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • gstreamer gstreamer 1.4.5
  • mozilla firefox 31.7, 38.0
  • mozilla seamonkey 2.35
  • mozilla thunderbird 31.7, 38.0.1
  • gst-plugins-bad0.10 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.10.23-7.2ubuntu1.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0797

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  • firefox RHEL 5 38.0-4.el5_11
  • firefox RHEL 6 38.0-4.el6_6
  • firefox RHEL 7 38.0-3.el7_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0988

  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 31.7.0esr-34.1
  • gstreamer-0_10-plugins-bad SLED 12, SLE Workstation Extension 12, SLE Software Development Kit 12 0.10.23-17.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:0960-1SUSE-SU-2015:0942-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-0797 updated cvss 5.1

Mozilla: Buffer overflow parsing H.264 video with Linux Gstreamer (MFSA 2015-47)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 38.0-4.el5_11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 38.0-3.el7_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 38.0-3.el7_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 38.0-4.el5_11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 38.0-4.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) firefox 38.0-4.el6_6
    +9 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 38.0-4.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 38.0-4.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 38.0-3.el7_1, firefox 38.0-3.ael7b_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) firefox 38.0-4.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 38.0-3.el7_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 38.0-4.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 38.0-3.el7_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) firefox 38.0-4.el6_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 38.0-3.el7_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0988
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 thunderbird
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

5.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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