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CVE-2015-4492

Published: Aug 16, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
5.1 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4492
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
SolarisOracle11.3 (including)11.3 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:38.2.0-4.el5_11*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfirefox-0:38.2.0-4.el6_7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatfirefox-0:38.2.0-4.el7_1*
FirefoxUbuntudevel*
FirefoxUbuntuprecise*
FirefoxUbuntutrusty*
FirefoxUbuntuupstream*
FirefoxUbuntuvivid*

References

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