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CVE-2015-0797
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2015-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
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.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- GStreamer: before 1.4.5 — fixed in 1.4.5
- Mozilla Firefox: before 38.0; from 31.0 before 31.7 — fixed in 31.7, 38.0
- Mozilla Seamonkey: before 2.35 — fixed in 2.35
- Mozilla Thunderbird: before 31.7; from 38.0 before 38.0.1 — fixed in 31.7, 38.0.1
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Eus: 6.6, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5 (+2)
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 6.6, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6, 7.7
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 6.6, 7.3, 7.6, 7.7
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1: 11-sp3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 11-sp3
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 11-sp3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: GStreamer 1.4.5; Mozilla Firefox 31.7, 38.0; Mozilla Seamonkey 2.35; Mozilla Thunderbird 31.7, 38.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00017.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00000.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0988.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1012.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3225
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3260
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3264
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-47.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1080995
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00038.html
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