# CVE-2015-2731: Use-after-free vulnerability in the CSPService::ShouldLoad function in the microtask implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2015-07-06 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the CSPService::ShouldLoad function in the microtask implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 39.0, Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.1, and Thunderbird before 38.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging client-side JavaScript that triggers removal of a DOM object on the basis of a Content Policy.

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## References

- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00025.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1455.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75541
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-63.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1149891
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032784
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1207.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032783
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3300
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

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