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MFSA2016-20 Firefox: Memory leak in libstagefright when deleting an array during MP4 processing (CVE-2016-1957)

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MFSA2016-20 Firefox: Memory leak in libstagefright when deleting an array during MP4 processing (CVE-2016-1957)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/10/2016
Modified
11/27/2024

Description

Memory leak in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an MPEG-4 file that triggers a delete operation on an array.

Solution(s)

  • mozilla-firefox-esr-upgrade-38_7
  • mozilla-firefox-upgrade-45_0

References

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