CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-2837

6.3 MEDIUM Published 2016-08-05 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-08-05
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• mozilla firefox (<= 47.0.1) • mozilla firefox 45.1.0 • mozilla firefox 45.1.1 • mozilla firefox 45.2.0 • mozilla firefox 45.3.0 • oracle linux 5.0 • oracle linux 6 • oracle linux 7

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References