CVE-2016-2837

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.

References

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1274637

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-673

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-77.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3