PT-2015-1899 · Mozilla+5 · Firefox+5
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Published
2015-08-11
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Updated
2024-12-12
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CVE-2015-4484
CVSS v2.0
5.0
Medium
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Firefox versions prior to 40.0
Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.2
Description
The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the
js::jit::AssemblerX86Shared::lock addl function. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service by manipulating shared memory and accessing certain objects, such as Atomics or SharedArrayBuffer objects.Recommendations
For Firefox versions prior to 40.0, update to version 40.0 or later to resolve the issue.
For Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.2, update to version 38.2 or later to resolve the issue.
As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to shared memory to minimize the risk of exploitation.
Exploit
Fix
DoS
Buffer Overflow
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Weakness Enumeration
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Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Firefox
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu