CVE-2015-4509
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2015-4509 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 6.8 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (thunderbird) | RHSA-2015:1852 | 2015-10-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2015:1852 | 2015-10-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2015:1852 | 2015-10-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (thunderbird) | RHSA-2015:1852 | 2015-10-01 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (firefox) | RHSA-2015:1834 | 2015-09-22 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (firefox) | RHSA-2015:1834 | 2015-09-22 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (firefox) | RHSA-2015:1834 | 2015-09-22 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue.External References
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