CVE-2015-4492

Publication date 11 August 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
firefox 15.04 vivid
Fixed 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.15.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2702-1
    • Firefox vulnerabilities
    • 11 August 2015

Other references