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title: "CVE-2015-4496\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-4496

Publication date 16 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple integer overflows in libstagefright in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0
allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted sample
metadata in an MPEG-4 video file, a related issue to CVE-2015-1538.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| firefox | 15.04 vivid | Fixed 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.15.04.4 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.12.04.4 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4496)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4496)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-4496)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4496)

### Other references

* <https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-93/>
* <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1149605>
* <http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-93.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4496>