PT-2016-5230

CVE-2016-2837

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Published

2016-08-02

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Updated

2024-12-12

Description by

CVSS 2.0
6.8
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 48.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.x versions prior to 45.3
Description The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the ClearKey Content Decryption Module (CDM) within the Encrypted Media Extensions (EME) API. This could potentially allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing a malformed video, leveraging a Gecko Media Plugin (GMP) sandbox bypass.
Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 48.0, update to version 48.0 or later. For Mozilla Firefox ESR 45.x versions prior to 45.3, update to version 45.3 or later.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2016-1836
ALT-PU-2017-1578
CESA-2016_1551
DLA-585-1
DSA-3640-1
MGASA-2016-0278
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_1964-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2016_2026-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2253-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2254-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1
RHSA-2016:1551
RHSA-2016_1551
SUSE-SU-2016:2061-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2131-1
SUSE-SU-2016:2195-1
USN-3044-1
ZDI-16-673
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