<p>Upgrade <code>Oracle:7</code> <code>firefox</code> to version 0:38.2.0-4.0.1.el7_1 or higher.<br>This issue was patched in <code>ELSA-2015-1586</code>.</p>

CVE-2015-4492 Affecting firefox package, versions <0:38.2.0-4.0.1.el7_1

Threat Intelligence

2.95% (92^nd percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE7-FIREFOX-2497801
published 10 Apr 2022
disclosed 16 Aug 2015

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Introduced: 16 Aug 2015

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How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 firefox to version 0:38.2.0-4.0.1.el7_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2015-1586.

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 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.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Network
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

None

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

Low
Integrity (I)

Low
Availability (A)

Low