CVE-2016-2814

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-30 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the stagefright::SampleTable::parseSampleCencInfo function in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 46.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.8, and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted CENC offsets that lead to mismanagement of the sizes table.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox: through 45.0.2; 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5, 38.1.0, 38.1.1, 38.2.0 (+10)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00023.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00054.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00057.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00038.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0695.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3559
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-44.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035692
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2936-2

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