Medium severity · published Aug 5, 2016
CVE-2016-2837
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ClearKey Content Decryption Module (CDM) in the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before…
6.3
CVSS
4.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ClearKey Content Decryption Module (CDM) in the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API in Mozilla Firefox before 48.0 and Firefox ESR 45.x before 45.3 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a malformed video and leveraging a Gecko Media Plugin (GMP) sandbox bypass.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.6% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
Firefox · Mozilla
through 47.0.1; 45.1.0; 45.1.1; 45.2.0; 45.3.0 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Oracle
5.0; 6; 7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2837
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2837
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640
Vendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-77.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
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