CVE-2015-4506: mozilla firefox
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-4506 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in mozilla firefox. EPSS estimates a 4.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 7Timeline
- 24-09-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
4.37%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
91%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.55 pp
From 4.92% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu2 products
- firefox< 41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
- thunderbird< 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Debian1 product
- libvpx< 1.4.0-4
Mozilla1 product
- firefox≤ 40.0.3 | 38.0 | 38.0.1 | 38.0.5 | 38.1.0 | 38.1.1 | 38.2.0 | 38.2.1
3 vendors · 4 products
References
24 links- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1192226X Refsource CONFIRM
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
