CVE-2015-4507

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-09-22
CWE:
CWE-120
Bugzilla:
1265621: CVE-2015-4507 Mozilla: Crash when using debugger with SavedStacks in JavaScript (MFSA 2015-102)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The SavedStacks class in the JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 41.0, when the Debugger API is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (getSlotRef assertion failure and application exit) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted web site.

Find out more about CVE-2015-4507 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 firefox Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 firefox Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Spandan Veggalam as the original reporter.

External References

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