CVE-2015-4492

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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.

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2015-08-16

Updated: 2018-10-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 39.0.3 (inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (23 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
91379GLSA-201605-06 : Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (Logjam) (SLOTH)NessusGentoo Local Security Checks
critical
87063SUSE SLES10 Security Update : Mozilla Firefox (SUSE-SU-2015:2081-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
85906SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss (SUSE-SU-2015:1528-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
8856Mozilla Firefox < 40.0 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessus Network MonitorWeb Clients
critical
85763SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss (SUSE-SU-2015:1476-1)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
85721SUSE SLES11 Security Update : MozillaFirefox, mozilla-nss (SUSE-SU-2015:1449-1) (Logjam)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
low
85703openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-2015-559)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
85702openSUSE Security Update : MozillaThunderbird (openSUSE-2015-558)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
85578Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.04 : firefox regression (USN-2702-3)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
85437openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2015-548)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
85436openSUSE Security Update : MozillaFirefox (openSUSE-2015-547)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
critical
85386Firefox < 40 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
85385Firefox ESR < 38.2 Multiple VulnerabilitiesNessusWindows
critical
85384Firefox < 40 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
85383Firefox ESR < 38.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
critical
85356Debian DSA-3333-1 : iceweasel - security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
critical
85345Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.04 : ubufox update (USN-2702-2)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
85344Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.04 : firefox vulnerabilities (USN-2702-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
85343Scientific Linux Security Update : firefox on SL5.x, SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150811)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
critical
85342RHEL 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (RHSA-2015:1586)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
85339Oracle Linux 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (ELSA-2015-1586)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
85338FreeBSD : mozilla -- multiple vulnerabilities (c66a5632-708a-4727-8236-d65b2d5b2739)NessusFreeBSD Local Security Checks
critical
85336CentOS 5 / 6 / 7 : firefox (CESA-2015:1586)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical