PT-2015-1518 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox+6
Bandha890
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Published
2015-07-02
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Updated
2024-12-12
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CVE-2015-2728
CVSS v2.0
7.5
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
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 vulnerability is related to a "type confusion" issue in the IndexedDB implementation, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors. This issue is caused by the misinterpretation of an unspecified IDBDatabase field as a pointer, leading to memory corruption and application crash.
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.
Exploit
Fix
Type Confusion
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Firefox
Firefox Esr
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu