Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox
CVE-2015-4484
The js::jit::AssemblerX86Shared::lock_addl function in the JavaScript implementation in Mozilla Firefox before 40.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by leveraging the use of shared memory and accessing (1) an Atomics object or (2) a SharedArrayBuffer object.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.043 (90.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.043 · newest: 0.043 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mozilla Firefox — versions 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.3
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00025.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-87.html (Vendor Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00031.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2702-3 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00014.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-08/msg00030.html (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1586.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-09/msg00016.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033247 (vdb-entry)