Medium severity6.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-2837
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.
Affected products
21- osv-coords21 versionspkg:rpm/suse/firefox-fontconfig&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%202.1pkg:rpm/suse/MozillaFirefox&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%205pkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nspr&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/mozilla-nss&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/MozillaThunderbird&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012
< 2.11.0-4.2+ 20 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.11.0-4.2
- (no CPE)range: < 45.0-20.38
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-78.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-48.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-78.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-78.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-78.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-78.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-78.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0esr-50.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.12-25.2
- (no CPE)range: < 3.21.1-26.2
- (no CPE)range: < 45.3.0-9.1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
12- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-77.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPermissions Required
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00004.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-08/msg00029.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1551.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3640nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92258nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036508nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3044-1nvd
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-673nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-15nvd
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