CVE-2015-4507 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow14 documents7 sources
Severity
5.1MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.06%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Mozilla Firefox
Timeline
PublishedSep 24
Latest updateDec 2

Description

The SavedStacks class in the JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0, when the Debugger API is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (getSlotRef assertion failure and application exit) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 4.9 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Ubuntumozilla/firefox< 41.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1+1
▶NVDmozilla/firefox40.0.3

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
GHSA
GHSA-v49m-w8x3-qx4g: The SavedStacks class in the JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 41↗2022-05-17
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OSV
firefox regression↗2015-10-05
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OSV
unity-firefox-extension, webapps-greasemonkey, webaccounts-browser-extension update↗2015-09-24
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OSV
ubufox update↗2015-09-22
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OSV
firefox vulnerabilities↗2015-09-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Firefox regression↗2015-10-05
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Ubuntu
Unity Integration for Firefox, Unity Websites Integration and Ubuntu Online Accounts extension update↗2015-09-24
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Ubuntu
Ubufox update↗2015-09-22
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Crash when using debugger with SavedStacks in JavaScript (MFSA 2015-102)↗2015-09-22
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2015-09-22
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
CryptoQA: A Large-scale Question-answering Dataset for AI-assisted Cryptography↗2025-12-02
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-4507 Mozilla: Crash when using debugger with SavedStacks in JavaScript (MFSA 2015-102)↗2015-09-23
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