CVE-2015-0797

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.

6.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 7.61% Top 10%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0988.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird/#thunderbird31.7	vendor advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-47.html	vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-07	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3264	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3260	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00000.html	vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html	third party advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1080995	patch vendor advisory issue tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00017.html	vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00054.html	vendor advisory broken link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1012.html	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3225	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00038.html	third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-0797?: CVE-2015-0797 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-0797?: To fix CVE-2015-0797, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-0797 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2015-0797 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.