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CVE-2015-4512 Details

Description

gfx/2d/DataSurfaceHelpers.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 on Linux improperly attempts to use the Cairo library with 32-bit color-depth surface creation followed by 16-bit color-depth surface display, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) by using a CANVAS element to trigger 2D rendering.

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-security-announce/2015-10/msg00000.html CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-10/msg00005.html CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1170390 CVE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-107.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mozilla firefox
<= 40.0.3

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
linux linux kernel
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-4512
NVD Published Date:
Sep 24, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]