CVE-2015-4492

Mozilla: Use-after-free in XMLHttpRequest with shared workers (MFSA 2015-92)

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Vulnerabilidad de uso después de liberación en la memoria en la implementación de XMLHttpRequest::Open en Mozilla Firefox en versiones anteriores a 40.0 y Firefox ESR 38.x en versiones anteriores a 38.2, podría permitir a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario a través de un objeto SharedWorker que realiza llamadas recursivas al método open de un objeto XMLHttpRequest.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-06-10 CVE Reserved
2015-08-11 CVE Published
2024-04-22 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-416: Use After Free

CAPEC

References (20)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76297	Vdb Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247	Vdb Entry
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1185820	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00015.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00021.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html	2018-10-30
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html	2018-10-30
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3333	2018-10-30
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-92.html	2018-10-30
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-1	2018-10-30
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-2	2018-10-30
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3	2018-10-30
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06	2018-10-30
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4492	2015-08-11
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252295	2015-08-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Solaris Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris"				11.3 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris" and version "11.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox"				<= 39.0.3 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox" and version " <= 39.0.3"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.0.1 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.1"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.0.5 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.0.5"		-		Affected
Mozilla Search vendor "Mozilla"		Firefox Esr Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr"				38.1.0 Search vendor "Mozilla" for product "Firefox Esr" and version "38.1.0"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				15.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "15.04"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2"		-		Affected