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CVE-2015-4491 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the make_filter_table function in pixops/pixops.c in gdk-pixbuf before 2.31.5, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 on Linux, Google Chrome on Linux, and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via crafted bitmap dimensions that are mishandled during scaling.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165701.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165703.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165730.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165732.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-09/msg00002.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1682.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1694.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3337 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-88.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Vendor Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033372 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1 CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2 CVE, Mozilla Corporation Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2712-1 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2722-1 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=752297 CVE, Mozilla Corporation Issue Tracking 
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1184009 CVE, Mozilla Corporation Issue Tracking 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252290 CVE, Mozilla Corporation Issue Tracking 
https://git.gnome.org/browse/gdk-pixbuf/commit/?id=ffec86ed5010c5a2be14f47b33bcf4ed3169a199 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-05 CVE, Mozilla Corporation
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 CVE, Mozilla Corporation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-4491
NVD Published Date:
08/15/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Mozilla Corporation