CVE-2015-4486

The decrease_ref_count function in libvpx in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via malformed WebM video data.

• CWE-119

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-89.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178148Issue Tracking
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html
• http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-89.htmlVendor Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1178148Issue Tracking
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Published

Aug 16, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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