CVE-2015-4509 Affecting firefox package, versions <0:38.3.0-2.0.1.el7_1


Severity

Recommended
critical

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
21.48% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2497650
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Sept 2015

Introduced: 24 Sep 2015

CVE-2015-4509  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 firefox to version 0:38.3.0-2.0.1.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-1834.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream firefox package and not the firefox package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Use-after-free vulnerability in the HTMLVideoElement interface in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript code that modifies the URI table of a media element, aka ZDI-CAN-3176.

CVSS Scores

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