PT-2015-1434 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox Esr+6

Loobenyang · Published 2015-07-02 · Updated 2024-12-12 · CVE-2015-2722

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 39.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 31.8 Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.1

Description The issue is related to a use-after-free vulnerability in the CanonicalizeXPCOMParticipant function. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code by manipulating the XMLHttpRequest function, specifically by attaching an XMLHttpRequest object to a shared worker.

Recommendations For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 39.0, update to version 39.0 or later. For Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 31.8, update to version 31.8 or later. For Mozilla Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.1, update to version 38.1 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the XMLHttpRequest function in shared workers until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1667

ALT-PU-2015-1669

BDU:2015-10550

BDU:2015-10551

CESA-2015_1207

CVE-2015-2722

MGASA-2015-0268

OPENSUSE-SU-2015_1229-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10071-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10230-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1

RHSA-2015:1207

RHSA-2015_1207

SUSE-SU-2015:1268-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1268-2

SUSE-SU-2015:1269-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1449-1

USN-2656-1

USN-2656-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Firefox

Firefox Esr

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 2285

• 🔥 https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/ssl/ssl_version.rb · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10553 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10564 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2743 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10816 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2737 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-10571 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2728 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2656-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2722 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2726 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2740 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2730 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2729 · Vendor Advisory