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CVE-2015-4485 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the resize_context_buffers function in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2…

published 2015-08-16 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-4505

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.7%
EPSS 7.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the resize_context_buffers function in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via malformed WebM video data.

Patch / fix

  • libvpx Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-4485

  • firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4485

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • firefox RHEL 5 38.2.0-4.el5_11
  • firefox RHEL 6 38.2.0-4.el6_7
  • firefox RHEL 7 38.2.0-4.el7_1

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:1586

  • mozilla-nss SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +6 more 3.19.2.0-0.16.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +6 more 38.2.1esr-19.3
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +4 more 31.0-0.12.51
  • mozilla-nss SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 3.19.2.0-26.2
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 38.2.1esr-45.1
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLE SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 31.0-14.1
  • mozilla-nss SLES 11 SP2-LTSS, SLES 11 SP1-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP1-LTSS 3.19.2.0-0.7.1
  • firefox-gcc47 SLES 11 SP2-LTSS, SLES 11 SP1-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP1-LTSS 4.7.2_20130108-0.37.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:1528-1SUSE-SU-2015:1476-1SUSE-SU-2015:1449-1

  • firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 50.1.0-1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 45.5.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

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-2015-4485 updated cvss 6.8

Mozilla: Buffer overflows on Libvpx when decoding WebM video (MFSA 2015-89)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 38.2.0-4.el5_11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 38.2.0-4.el7_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 38.2.0-4.el7_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 38.2.0-4.el5_11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 38.2.0-4.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) firefox 38.2.0-4.el6_7
    +9 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 38.2.0-4.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 38.2.0-4.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 38.2.0-4.el7_1, firefox 38.2.0-4.ael7b_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) firefox 38.2.0-4.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 38.2.0-4.el7_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 38.2.0-4.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 38.2.0-4.el7_1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) firefox 38.2.0-4.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 38.2.0-4.el7_1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:1586
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 thunderbird
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

7.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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