CVE-2015-4477
published 2015-08-16CVE-2015-4477: Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaStream playback feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via…
PriorityP350critical10CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCCICAC
EPSS
6.33%
92.8th percentile
Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaStream playback feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified use of the Web Audio API.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| mozilla | firefox | <= 39.0.3 | — |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
| mozilla | firefox | >= 0 < 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4 | 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.4 |
| opensuse | opensuse | — | — |
| opensuse | opensuse | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv10.0CRITICAL
vendor_redhat10.0CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu10.0CRITICAL
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Ubuntu
Firefox regression
vendor_ubuntu·2015-08-20·CVSS 10.0
[CRITICAL] Firefox regression
Title: Firefox regression
Summary: USN-2702-1 introduced a regression in Firefox.
USN-2702-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. After upgrading, some users
in the US reported that their default search engine switched to Yahoo.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, Byron Campen, Tyson Smith, Bobby Holley,
Chris Coulson, and Eric Rahm discovered multiple memory safety issues in
Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4473, CVE-2015-4474)
Aki Helin discovered an out-of-bounds read when play
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2015-08-11·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-4473 [CRITICAL] Firefox vulnerabilities
Title: Firefox vulnerabilities
Summary: Firefox could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a malicious website.
Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, Byron Campen, Tyson Smith, Bobby Holley,
Chris Coulson, and Eric Rahm discovered multiple memory safety issues in
Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4473, CVE-2015-4474)
Aki Helin discovered an out-of-bounds read when playing malformed MP3
content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
obtain sensitive informatio
Ubuntu
Ubufox update
vendor_ubuntu·2015-08-11·CVSS 10.0
[CRITICAL] Ubufox update
Title: Ubufox update
Summary: This update provides compatible packages for Firefox 40.
USN-2702-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubufox.
Original advisory details:
Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, Byron Campen, Tyson Smith, Bobby Holley,
Chris Coulson, and Eric Rahm discovered multiple memory safety issues in
Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4473, CVE-2015-4474)
Aki Helin discovered an out-of-bounds read when playing malformed MP3
content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially craft
Red Hat
Mozilla: Use-after-free in MediaStream playback (MFSA 2015-81)
vendor_redhat·2015-08-11·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-4477 [CRITICAL] CWE-416 Mozilla: Use-after-free in MediaStream playback (MFSA 2015-81)
Mozilla: Use-after-free in MediaStream playback (MFSA 2015-81)
Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaStream playback feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified use of the Web Audio API.
Statement: This issue does not affect the version of firefox and thunderbird as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: firefox (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: thunderbird (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
GHSA
GHSA-j7w5-x7pc-pvmf: Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaStream playback feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2015-4477 [HIGH] GHSA-j7w5-x7pc-pvmf: Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaStream playback feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40
Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaStream playback feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified use of the Web Audio API.
OSV
firefox regression
osv·2015-08-20·CVSS 10.0
[CRITICAL] firefox regression
firefox regression
USN-2702-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. After upgrading, some users
in the US reported that their default search engine switched to Yahoo.
This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, Byron Campen, Tyson Smith, Bobby Holley,
Chris Coulson, and Eric Rahm discovered multiple memory safety issues in
Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4473, CVE-2015-4474)
Aki Helin discovered an out-of-bounds read when playing malformed MP3
content in some circumstances. If a user were
OSV
firefox vulnerabilities
osv·2015-08-11·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-4473 [CRITICAL] firefox vulnerabilities
firefox vulnerabilities
Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, Byron Campen, Tyson Smith, Bobby Holley,
Chris Coulson, and Eric Rahm discovered multiple memory safety issues in
Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4473, CVE-2015-4474)
Aki Helin discovered an out-of-bounds read when playing malformed MP3
content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service via application
crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user in
OSV
CVE-2015-4477: Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaStream playback feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40
osv·2015-08-11·CVSS 10.0
CVE-2015-4477 [CRITICAL] CVE-2015-4477: Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaStream playback feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40
Use-after-free vulnerability in the MediaStream playback feature in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified use of the Web Audio API.
OSV
ubufox update
osv·2015-08-11·CVSS 10.0
[CRITICAL] ubufox update
ubufox update
USN-2702-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Firefox. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubufox.
Original advisory details:
Gary Kwong, Christian Holler, Byron Campen, Tyson Smith, Bobby Holley,
Chris Coulson, and Eric Rahm discovered multiple memory safety issues in
Firefox. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website,
an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service
via application crash, or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the user invoking Firefox. (CVE-2015-4473, CVE-2015-4474)
Aki Helin discovered an out-of-bounds read when playing malformed MP3
content in some circumstances. If a user were tricked in to opening a
specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to
obtain sensitive
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.htmlhttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-81.htmlhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179484https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00089.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00091.htmlhttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-81.htmlhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179484https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
2015-08-16
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