| Name | CVE-2015-4506 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in the vp9_init_context_buffers function in libvpx, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted VP9 file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3365-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libvpx (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.3.0-3+deb8u5 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 1.6.1-3+deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.6.1-3+deb9u6 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.7.0-3+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.9.0-1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1.12.0-1+deb12u3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.15.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[squeeze] - libvpx <not-affected> (no vp9 support in this version)
[wheezy] - libvpx <not-affected> (no vp9 support in this version)
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-101/
this is a duplicate of CVE-2015-1258, libvpx in google chrome