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CVE-2015-4492 Details

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.

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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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html	CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185820	CVE	Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333	CVE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-92.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76297	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185820	[email protected]	Issue Tracking
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333	[email protected]
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-92.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76297	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3	[email protected]

see all 36 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
oracle solaris	11.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox	<= 39.0.3 38.0 38.0.1 38.0.5 38.1.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:38.1.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	12.04 14.04 15.04
CPE 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:::::::* 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

22 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
Oct 22, 2024	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 22, 2024	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 22, 2024	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 22, 2024	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Dec 24, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 22, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 7, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 1, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 15, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 4, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 27, 2015	CVE Translated	[email protected]
Aug 26, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 26, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 18, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 18, 2015	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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