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High
CVE-2015-4492
Use-after-free vulnerability in the XMLHttpRequest::Open implementation in Mozilla Firefox before...
Vulnerability Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in the XMLHttpRequest::Open implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SharedWorker object that makes recursive calls to the open method of an XMLHttpRequest object.
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.securityfocus.com/bid/76297
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-92.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185820
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html
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View all reports →Affected Software
solaris, firefox, ubuntu linux, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
11.3, 0, 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5, 38.1.0, 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 13.1, 13.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 16th, 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.