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Status published
Medium
CVE-2015-2715
Race condition in the nsThreadManager::RegisterCurrentThread function in Mozilla Firefox before...
Vulnerability Description
Race condition in the nsThreadManager::RegisterCurrentThread function in Mozilla Firefox before 38.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and heap memory corruption) by leveraging improper Media Decoder Thread creation at the time of a shutdown.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2602-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74611
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988698
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-53.html
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 13.1, 13.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 14th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.