CVE-2015-4492

Published: Aug 16, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

7.5

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (11)

Products: Oracle: Solaris · Mozilla: Firefox · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · +1 more

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Oracle: Solaris · Mozilla: Firefox · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · Opensuse: Opensuse

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1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Oracle Solaris	Version 11.3

Configuration B

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Mozilla Firefox	Up to 39.0.3
Mozilla Firefox	Version 38.0.1
Mozilla Firefox	Version 38.0.5
Mozilla Firefox	Version 38.0
Mozilla Firefox	Version 38.1.0

Configuration C

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 15.04
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

References (36)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-92.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76297

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2

Source: security@mozilla.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3

Source: security@mozilla.org

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185820

Source: security@mozilla.org

Issue Tracking

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Source: security@mozilla.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-92.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76297

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185820

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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