CVE-2015-4492
Use-after-free vulnerability in the XMLHttpRequest::Open implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 migh
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- n/a n/a
Version range not reported
References 18
securityfocus.com
lists.opensuse.org
- opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html
- opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html
- opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html
- opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html
- opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html
- opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html
- opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html