CVE-2015-2706 — Race Condition in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-362 — Race ConditionCWE-416 — Use After Free7 documents6 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.1%
top 21.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Mozilla Firefox
Timeline
PublishedApr 27
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Race condition in the AsyncPaintWaitEvent::AsyncPaintWaitEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 37.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted plugin that does not properly complete initialization.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 37.0.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
▶NVDmozilla/firefox37.0.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-xwcx-vhr3-5qc7: Race condition in the AsyncPaintWaitEvent::AsyncPaintWaitEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 37↗2022-05-17
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OSV
firefox vulnerability↗2015-04-24
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OSV
CVE-2015-2706: Race condition in the AsyncPaintWaitEvent::AsyncPaintWaitEvent function in Mozilla Firefox before 37↗2015-04-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerability↗2015-04-24
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Memory corruption during failed plugin initialization (MFSA 2015-45)↗2015-04-20
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-2706 Mozilla: Memory corruption during failed plugin initialization (MFSA 2015-45)↗2015-04-21
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