CVE-2015-4492

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability92. percentile4.5%
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedAug 16, 2015
First seenAug 16, 2015

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefoxv ≤ 39.0.3, 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5, 38.1.0—
oracle solaris11.3—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 15.04—
opensuse opensuse13.1, 13.2—

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