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CVE-2015-2715 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00036.html CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=988698 CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 CVE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-53.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html CVE

see all 14 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
<= 37.0.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse
13.1
13.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-2715
NVD Published Date:
May 14, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-2715 Details - Not Deferred